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Spiritual freedom has to be won by oneself for oneself through watchful and unfailing war against the lower self and the lower desires. (p 2313)

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The book that I shall make people read is the book of the heart, which holds the key to the mystery of life.

Life becomes meaningful and all activities are purposeful only on the basis of faith in the enduring reality.

Remember that the first step in spirituality is not to speak ill of others.

Lord Meher (1986)

The Infinite alone exists and is Real; the finite is passing and false.

The Everything and the Nothing (1963)

To attain union is so impossibly difficult because it is impossible to become what you already are! Union is nothing other than knowledge of oneself as the Only One.

The Everything and the Nothing (1963)

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Mircea Eliade Myths, Dreams and Mysteries (1967)

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

Thomas Jefferson

The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property.

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