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“I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor.”

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Jack Kingston is an experienced American politician, born on April 24, 1955. He served as a U.S. Representative, representing Georgia's 1st district. During his tenure, he actively participated in legislative work involving economics, taxation, and education. more

“For the Persian poet Rumi, each human life is analogous to a bowl floating on the surface of an infinite ocean. As it moves along, it is slowly filling with the water around it. That's a metaphor for the acquisition of knowledge. When the water in the bowl finally reaches the same level as the water outside, there is no longer any need for the container, and it drops away as the inner water merges with the outside water. We call this the moment of death. That analogy returns to me over and over as a metaphor for ourselves.”

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“Live your Art. Don't think about it.”

Thinking Art

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“Since the time of St. Jerome, it was mandatory for any kind of scholar or thinker to spend time out in the desert in solitude. It's no coincidence that the desert has been a major part of the visionary or mystical experience from the beginning of time.”

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“There is an invisible world out there, and we are living in it.”

World Invisible

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