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In the field of consciousness research-and also in physics and astronomy-we are breaking past the cause-and-effect, mechanistic way of interpreting things. In… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
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To sum up: 1. The cosmos is a gigantic fly-wheel making 10,000 revolutions a minute. 2. Man is a sick fly taking… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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To know you're apart of the universe, is by knowing your profoundly connected to your surroundings. You know that you're apart of… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
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Creativity permeates the cosmos. It is the driving force that sustains the particles, the stars and galaxiesit surges through the body with… — F. David Peat Copy Share Image
The Vedas give information on various subjects. They have come together and form one book. And in later times, when other subjects… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
A human life, I think, should be well rooted in some area of native land where it may get the love of… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
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We B Rollin Ya'll Somewhere in the infinite vastness of the universe, there is a small rotating Galaxy called the Milky-way. Its… — Jay Mathews Copy Share Image
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