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By looking at a tall tree, it‘s difficult to fathom the depth of its roots. But, it‘s not difficult for me to appreciate that the essence of the entire universe rests inside Nanak‘s temple-like heart.

— Guru Nanak・Nanak Shah Fakir​

Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.

— James Clear・Atomic Habits​

Son, the path of spiritualism is not so easy. Yet you have to proceed as you are destined for it. Proceed! Do not look back. Beware of the worldly people. They are there only for their selfish motives. They will come to you to spoil your accumulated energy for their selfishness. Do not entertain such people near you. With a mask of love and affection, they will be around you. Do not encourage them. Be alone. One day, when you are “full of energy” go back to them and serve them. Do not believe the mundane people. They are selfish.

— Nadananda・Autobiography of an Avadhoota・page 332

Did you understand that there are three cataclysms recorded in the Bible? Noah‘s, Adam and Eve‘s, and the one before that. If you missed it, check Genesis 2.

— Chant Thomas・The Adam and Eve story・declassified by the CIA, page 67

There is a profound and very real relationship between God-realization and sound sleep. The eternal desire of the soul is to become one with God, but because consciousness attaches itself to the gross, the soul seems to become one merely with the gross. In the stone state, for instance, gross consciousness makes the soul identify itself with the stone although, in reality, the soul is all the time one with God. To make this clearer, let us suppose that you take opium or an intoxicating drink. You feel elated or depressed, although there is no radical change in your body, and it is only the consciousness that is affected and gives rise to your feelings. Thus you, as an individual soul, are twenty-four hours within and one-with God, although you feel merely gross-conscious.
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Again, let us suppose that you feel tired and fed up and that you go to sleep. What is it that you are trying to do? It is nothing but to try to take refuge in God—your natural and inherent state. The whole Creation therefore has this conscious or unconscious tendency to take shelter in God the Over-Soul by entering the state of sound sleep for a time.

— Meher Baba・God Speaks・footnote on page 94

[Simply put,] humans are not wired to be constantly wired.

— Cal Newport・Digital Minimalism・page 79

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