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The way we see the world either limits or enlarges the scope of our own being.

ByKim Hermanson

The oscillation in human consciousness that moves from the center of the soul to the far edges of the known universe does not stop anywhere but travels outward and inward continuously, forming one field of perception. And at the heart of this process…there is a quiet but constant reciprocity; the great mystery in the geography of perception is that the way you see the world will either enlarge or limit the scope of your own being.

Susan Griffin, Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy
 
 

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