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The mind may accept or deny that you are awareness, but either way it can’t really understand. It cannot comprehend. Thought cannot comprehend what is beyond thought.
Adyashanti
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Adyashanti
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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Steven Gray
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