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Children, even if we lose a million dollars, we can recover it. If we lose one second, we cannot get it back. Every moment that we are not remembering God is lost to us.

Mata Amritanandamayi

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Mata Amritanandamayi
Age: 70
Born: 1953
Born: September 27
Guru
Religious Leader
Spiritual Leader
Lost
Dollars
Moments
Million
Cannot
Meditation
Remember
Second
Back
Lose
Children
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Even
Millions
Recover
Every
Moment
Remembering

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