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“cosmic consciousness. Here, you realize total detachment from the self and realize that you are nothing but consciousness. In this state, you… — Sarah Rowland Copy Share Image
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You've a cosmic identity you're star dust anonymous to all other star dust. You're the star dust of nothingness. You're a star… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
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Hen I born in hospital I welcome myself with high notes then in school walked in small shoes in the beat of… — Subi Foa Copy Share Image
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My therapist shared a theory she had come across, and I liked it. It held that before making your next journey in… — Melissa Gilbert Copy Share Image
The man of Self-realization knows a bliss that cannot be compared to anything in this world. His joy is independent of any… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
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![“[H]e never ceased in his heroic and earnest endeavor to love them, to be just to them, to do them no harm, for the love of his neighbor was as deeply in him as the hatred of himself, and so his whole life was an example that love of one's neighbor is not possible without love of oneself, and that…” quote by Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e01/hermann-hesse-130_egoism_h-e-never-ceased-in-his-heroic-and-earne_2106709.jpg)
