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Effort and attention are absolutely necessary to arouse faith or will or imagination, which, when stimulated, automatically impels the Life Energy to effect a cure. Desire or expectation for results weakens the force of attention. Without
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“The most important lesson he taught me was that there was no one singular perspective on things or emotions in the universe—no one way of comprehending truth.”
― Pearl of China
― Pearl of China
“Having bowed down to the primordial being Isana, to whom multitudes make offerings, and who is adored by the multitude; who is the true incorruptible one, Brahma, perceptible, imperceptible, eternal; who is both a non-existing and an existing-non-existing being; who is the universe and also distinct from the existing and non-existing universe; who is the creator of high and low; the ancient, exalted, inexhaustible one; who is Vishnu, beneficent and the beneficence itself, worthy of all preference, pure and immaculate; who is Hari, the ruler of the faculties, the guide of all things moveable and immoveable;”
― The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
― The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
“the secret to a happy marriage was to think of love as a verb and not as a noun. It’s something you do and you show; not a state you’re in.”
― The Pearl of Penang
― The Pearl of Penang
“No hay nada más equitativamente repartido en el mundo que la razón, todos están convencidos de tener suficiente. René Descartes”
― La envidia de los mediocres
― La envidia de los mediocres
“Mao had decided to make the city his new capital, and he had its name changed from Peking to Beijing.”
― Pearl of China
― Pearl of China
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