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“The realization that every act, every word, every thought of ours not only influences our environment but for some mysterious reason forms an integral and important part of the Universe, fits into it as if by necessity so to say, in the very moment we do, or say, or think it – is an overwhelming and even shattering experience. The tremendous responsibility of it is terrifying. If all of us only knew that the smallest act of ours, or a tiny thought, has such far-reaching effects as to set in motion forces which perhaps could shatter a galaxy…If we know it deeply and absolutely, if this realization becomes engraved permanently on our hearts, on our minds, how careful we would act and speak and think. How precious life would become in its integral oneness.”

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Book:Daughter of Fire: A Diary of a Spiritual Training with a Sufi Master
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Irina Tweedie
Irina Tweedie

Irina Tweedie, born in 1907, is a mysterious scholar whose life and academic achievements remain largely unknown. Her status in the academic community is gradually gaining recognition. more

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