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When fear dissolves, you no longer separate yourself from this single flow of immense force. Love is continuity with infinite life force, a Oneness of being with no separation. Love is the key to opening to this flow of life force.

David Deida

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David Deida
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: March 18
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Single
Immense
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Separation
Fear
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Opening
Life
Keys
Flow
Dissolves
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Continuity
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Oneness

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