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Apr 2024
58m 46s

1286: Knowing Yourself is the Beginning ...

RAGHUNATH CAPPO & KAUSTUBHA DAS
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to understand "what is the meaning of life?", we first need to understand "who am I?" / Is our happiness coming from the soul or the ego? / purifying the mind through self analysis / the self is distinct from from all things that undergo creation, maintenance and destruction / life doesn't develop from the body - the body develops from life / what's the real creation myth? / attachment, fear and anger block perception of the divine / Einstein's humility

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