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““consciousness is a perfectly normal property of matter, like mass or anbaric charge; that there is a field of consciousness which pervades the entire universe, and which makes itself apparent most fully – we believe – in human beings.””

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And think what worrying does: has anyone ever added a single hour to the length of his life by worrying about it?

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