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Any father…must finally give his child up to the wilderness and trust to the providence of God. It seems almost a cruelty… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
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What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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![“Ah, my young lad, powerful lord of awareness, you will not be freed merely by my explaining and your hearing such things. Examine and analyze the fundamental nature ( ngang-tsul [ངང་ ཙུལ་]) of what I have set forth, so that direct experience is elicited from the depths of your being, and stabilize…” quote by Dudjom Lingpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/dudjom-lingpa-66335_dzogchen_ah-my-young-lad-powerful-lord-of-awarene_1218311.jpg)
