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When all hostility, fear, and insecurity are erased from your mind, the state that remains is pure joy.

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When we simplify our lives, we can give our time and attention to what matters most.

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To see life as it is, the mind must be made pure: everything that distorts it must be quieted or removed. When the mind is completely still, unstirred even in its depths, we see straight through to the ground of our being, which is divine.

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“In Sanskrit, this sharing is called satsang. The word derives from two smaller words: sat, meaning ‘the good’ or ‘truth’ or ‘reality,’ and sanga, meaning ‘group’ or ‘association.’ Thus it signifies the seekers of the highest, banded together.”

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