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Enlightenment is the natural state of consciousness, the innocent state of consciousness, that state which is uncontaminated by the movement of thought, uncontaminated by control or manipulation of mind.
Adyashanti
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Adyashanti
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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Cupertino
California
Steven Gray
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