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All of the searching, all of the struggling, all of the efforting to find your true self is naturally revealed in open, relaxed simplicity.
Gangaji
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Gangaji
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: January 1
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Toni Roberson
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Need nothing and then see what happens.
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Fufillment has nothing to do with circumstances.
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I'm not suggesting that you have to overcome your fear of death. But we have to be willing to recognize at any moment, death could come.
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