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Richard Maurice Bucke

Richard Maurice Bucke Books

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“Then the realization of grandeur of the human soul, immediately followed by the rapture of the realization of God. He glances back and sees how futile his life and ambitions have so far been. Then realizes his present reconcilement with the cosmos and that the rest of his life must be continual joy.”

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Book:Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind
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“Deep in the soul, below pain, below all the distraction of life, is a silence vast and grand - an infinite ocean of calm, which nothing can disturb; Nature's own exceeding peace, which "passes understanding". That which we seek with passionate longing, here and there, upward and outward; we find at last within ourselves.”

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Book:Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind
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