When I was in India I met and conversed briefly with Shri Atmananda Guru of Trivandrum, and the question he gave me to ponder was this 'Where are you between two thoughts'
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The conquest of the fear of death is the recovery of life's joy. One can experience an unconditional affirmation of life only when one has accepted death, not as contrary to life, but as an aspect of life. Life in its becoming is always shedding death, and on the point of death. The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure fearlessness and achievement.Joseph Campbell
God is a metaphor for that which trancends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.
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When you see the Earth from space, you don't see any divisions of nation-states there. This may be the symbol of the new mythology to come this is the country we will celebrate, and these are the people we are one with.
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If you realize what the real problem islosing yourselfyou realize that this itself is the ultimate trial.
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