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> [“The essence of all spirituality and religion is to gaze into the endless unknown and unknowable with the capacity for awe rather than terror, for a willingness to feel connected rather than separate from the immense all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashavan/the-essence-of-all-spirituality-and-religion-is-to-gaze-into-the/)

[Ashavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashavan/)

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## More by Ashavan

> [“Perhaps the one unanswerable question in life is why so many of us choose to live in a fantasy world of our own creation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashavan/perhaps-the-one-unanswerable-question-in-life-is-why-so-many-of-us/)

[Ashavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashavan/)

> [“Denial is the inevitable consequence of those who are presented with disastrous scenarios without being offered an avenue for success. That is why we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashavan/denial-is-the-inevitable-consequence-of-those-who-are-presented-with/)

[Ashavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashavan/)

> [“Do not let your intellect steer you away from what your eyes have seen. Neither should you let it deny what your higher powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashavan/do-not-let-your-intellect-steer-you-away-from-what-your-eyes-have/)

[Ashavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashavan/)

> [“Religion is the record of spiritual events. Through the repetition of past occurrences religion can give us a close approximation of the event itself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashavan/religion-is-the-record-of-spiritual-events-through-the-repetition-of/)

[Ashavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashavan/)

> [“The problem with a philosophy or a belief is that you soon start changing the facts to fit it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashavan/the-problem-with-a-philosophy-or-a-belief-is-that-you-soon-start/)

[Ashavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashavan/)

> [“The essence of all spirituality and religion is to gaze into the endless unknown and unknowable with the capacity for awe rather than terror,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashavan/the-essence-of-all-spirituality-and-religion-is-to-gaze-into-the/)

[Ashavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashavan/)

> [“The greatest courage is to love, to reach beyond the self openly, to expand the very idea of self until it is too large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashavan/the-greatest-courage-is-to-love-to-reach-beyond-the-self-openly-to/)

[Ashavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashavan/)

> [“The intellect is a boat which can take us to the very shores of understanding, but once there we must leave it behind in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashavan/the-intellect-is-a-boat-which-can-take-us-to-the-very-shores-of/)

[Ashavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashavan/)

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