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> [“You cannot be aware of yourself, for you are awareness itself. How can a witness witness itself? That is like trying to see your own eyes without a reflection, or cut a knife with the tip of its own blade—it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-p-kauffman/you-cannot-be-aware-of-yourself-for-you-are-awareness-itself-how-can/)

[Joseph P. Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-p-kauffman/)

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