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There's nothing tantric about my particular view on life.

Andrew Cohen

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Our true nature is free of any and all notions of gender, of any notions of difference whatsoever.
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I'm not convinced that what are traditionally considered to be male energies or qualities or female energies or qualities really have as much to do with gender as many people think they do.
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As far as I'm concerned, the spiritual life is just like any other endeavor-you can succeed or fail. And when the goal is actual evolution beyond ego in an intersubjective context, success or failure is plain for all to see.
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We have been very conditioned by the cultures that we come from and are usually very identified with the particular gender that we happen to be a member of.
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