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Life is like a school one can learn, one can graduate, one can skip a grade or stay behind.

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My years as a mystic have made me question almost all my assumptions. They've made me a proud I-don't-know-it-all.
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Whatever is happening, whatever is changing, whatever is going or not going according to my plans - I release my hold on all of it. I leave behind who I think I am, who I want to be, what I want the world to be. I come home to the great peace of the present moment.
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If humanity does not evolve spiritually - each one of us and collectively - our species won't make it. So following that back to each individual - every day you are faced with choices.
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I know that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism, we're in trouble.
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Even if your difficult time comes at you out of the blue - like cancer - even those times, opens your heart to the magic and power of life, and gives you this inner commitment to live every moment.
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Love is the secret you unmask yourself to find it is the foundation of the spiritual life, the destination where all roads of the journey lead.
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See what's happening to our sisters around the world. I'm very interested in the protection of women globally.
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