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The part of you that is unhampered by illusion-the illusion of time, the illusion of powerlessness, the illusion of impossibility-i s waiting for you to slow down and open up so that it can speak to your consciousness. In some unguarded moment, you will hear its wildly improbable words and know that they are guiding you home.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
Author
Journalist
Sociologist
Provo
Utah
Time
Open
Wildly
Waiting
Guiding
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Improbable
Words
Impossibility
Speak
Slow
Moments
Illusion
Unhampered
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Consciousness
Unguarded
Home
Hear
Powerlessness

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