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The most intimate question we can ask, and the one that has the most spiritual power, is this: What or who am I?

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Adyashanti
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
Spirituality
Teacher
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Cupertino
California
Steven Gray
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You can't look at what's looking. You can't think about that which is prior to thought.
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