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To stop is to go towards

Jeanne de Salzmann
June 2023 (Vol. XXXVI, No. 6)
To stop is to go towards, to come closer to oneself, to awaken from the sleep of life. Only by stopping can one begin to see. The moment we stop, we begin to see the miraculous, the unknown, the uncharted.
~ Jeanne de Salzmann in THE REALITY OF BEING
The Reality Of Being
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