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Sep 2019
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018 - If You're Lucky!

Anthony De Mello/The DeMello Spirituality Center
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If you’re lucky and the gods are gracious or if you are gifted with divine grace - use any mystical or theological expression you like - you might one day suddenly understand who “I” is, and you’ll never be the same again.  Never. Nothing will ever be able to upset you again and no one will ever be able to hurt you again. 
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