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Eastern Spirituality2026-06-18
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Renounce Everything vs The World Is God

The tension, in one breath: the same teacher, in the same lecture series, tells you the world is God and worth fully affirming — and tells you to renounce it because everything you chase "turns to ash in your mouth."

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