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What does it mean?
We are part of an unchanging presence behind all change, but focus is hard.
In plain terms
You are everything and the steady core, yet hard to see clearly.
What can you take from it?
Look beyond change to find your true steady self.

Where it applies

  • meditation
  • introspection
  • spiritual seeking

Putting it to work

  • focus inward
  • meditate on presence

Questions to consider

  • What is your unchanging part?
  • How do you find focus?

Another view

This assumes a stable self exists beyond change.

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