What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically.
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We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else.
Permalink to quote #46 You shall know that no one is illegal. It is a contradiction in itself. People can be beautiful or even more beautiful. They may be just or unjust. But illegal…
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