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Is the beam from a lighthouse affected by howling wind and rain? It remains perfectly steadfast and unaffected by the storm. Your true self is like that. Nothing can ever harm you once you are consciously aware that it is so.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
Author
Writer
Haverhill
Massachusetts
Ever
Perfectly
Nothing
Storm
Unaffected
Self
Harm
Howling
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Aware
Lighthouse
Rain
Steadfast
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Beam
Wind
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