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Millennium Mind
Seeking words of wisdom from a renowned adept, a young acolyte trekked to the top of a mountain. Sitting at the master’s feet he asked, “Can you tell the future?” The master said, “Certainly I can. It’s easy. Today is just like yesterday. Tomorrow will be just like today. Unless, of course, there’s a change of consciousness.” So far, there’s no indication that any change might prevent the degree of suffering in this millennium—local and…Seeking words of wisdom from a renowned adept, a young acolyte trekked to the top of a mountain. Sitting at the master’s feet he asked, “Can you tell the future?” The master said, “Certainly I can. It’s easy. Today is just like yesterday. Tomorrow will be just like today. Unless, of course, there’s a change of consciousness.”
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Thank you Christopher, this is a very insightful article and eyeopening as so many of us in todays society...
Thank you Christopher, this is a very insightful article and eyeopening as so many of us in todays society...
I believe this is my next meditation practice. I am drawn to this.
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." - Albert Einstein. Religious idealism is fine...