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Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, born on July 31, 1796, and died on April 29, 1868, was a French Catholic nun who is revered for her charitable work and educational contributions. She was canonized by the Catholic Church. more

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“The very desire to seek spiritual enlightenment is in fact nothing but the grasping tendency of the ego itself, and thus the very search for enlightenment prevents it. The 'perfect practice' is therefore not to search for enlightenment but to inquire into the motive for seeking itself. You obviously seek in order to avoid the present, and yet the present alone holds the answer: to seek forever is to miss the point forever. You always already are enlightened Spirit, and therefore to seek Spirit is simply to deny Spirit.”