You and I appear to be separate. We differ in color, size, and shape . . . in ideas, tastes, and prejudices. . . . Beneath this apparent division, however, hidden deep within each of us is the one Self – eternal, infinite, ever-perfect. This is the closely guarded secret of life: that we are all caught up in a divine masquerade, and all we are trying to do is take off our masks to reveal the pure, perfect Self within.
Eknath Easwaran, Words to Live By
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