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“I experienced an ecstasy of unity. I not only saw the connectedness, I felt it and experienced it sentiently. The restraints and boundaries of flesh and bone fell away.”

Book:The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds: Easyread Comfort Edition

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The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds: Easyread Comfort Edition

In this memoir, the astronaut shares his journey from his early days as a test pilot to his historic Apollo mission. The book delves into the challenges and triumphs of space travel, as well as the astronaut's exploration of the mystical and philosophical dimensions of existence. The Easyread Comfort Edition features larger print and a comfortable layout for easy reading. more

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Edgar Mitchell

Edgar Mitchell, an American astronaut born on September 17, 1930, and passed away on February 4, 2016. He was the second person to walk on the Moon as the command module pilot of Apollo 11 mission in 1969. more

“It’s been very well demonstrated that our belief system effects how we behave and how we perform. . . It also effects our lifestyle, so that if we don’t believe that we can help ourselves, we probably cannot. If we don’t believe that positive information is useful to our health and well being, it probably won’t be.”

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Author:Edgar Mitchell

“People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power.”

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Book:Conversations with Don DeLillo

Source: Conversations with Don DeLillo

“When I went to the moon I was a pragmatic test pilot. But when I saw the planet Earth floating in the vastness of space the presence of divinity became almost palpable and I knew that life in the universe was not just an accident.”

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Author:Edgar Mitchell

“To dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe, to bear with unbearable sorrow, to run where the brave dare not go, to right the unrightable wrong, to love pure and chaste from afar, to try when your arms are too weary, to reach the unreachable star. This is my quest, to follow that star, no matter how hopeless, no matter how far. To fight for the right, without question or pause, to be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause. And I know if I’ll only be true to this glorious quest that my heart will be peaceful and calm when I’m laid to my rest.”