Reason is like an officer when the King appears The officer then loses his power and hides himself. Reason is the shadow cast by God God is the sun.
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This outward spring and garden are a reflection of the inward garden.
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We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water. Milk drinkers draw close to the mother. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, shamans, everyone hears the intelligent sound and moves with thirst to meet it.
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Out beyond ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing there is a field. I'll meet you there.
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Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment Cleverness is mere opinion, bewilderment is intuition.
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