“Regardless of whether the object of perception is physical and can thus be measured for colour, shape, and size, or whether what is being perceived is something more subtle like thought, feeling, and sensation, all are phenomena.”

—  Mooji

Greater than Sky, Vaster than Space, (2018), Part I

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