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Michael Blain

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Michael has been reading and writing with the specific purpose of understanding consciousness and existence for most of his physical life, and aims to continue that pursuit indefinitely. He lives in the Southwestern United States.

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Enigmas Like Us

4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions

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“The only thing that I am completely certain of after this experience is that I am no longer afraid of death.”
― Michael Blain, Enigmas Like Us

tags: infinity, philosophy, soul

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“My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.”
― Aldous Huxley

tags: inspirational, philosophy

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“Real smarts begin when you quit quoting other people……..”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Pygmy

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