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The entire life of the personal ego is continually in the grip of wanting, i. e., an attempt to seek fulfilment of desires through things that change and vanish. But there can be no real fulfilment through the transient things

Meher Baba

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Meher Baba
Age: 74 †
Born: 1894
Born: February 25
Died: 1969
Died: January 31
Theologian
Poona
Change
Ego
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Wanting
Things
Attempt
Life
Desires
Fulfilment
Entire
Vanish
Seek
Grip
Personal
Transient
Desire
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