Haidakhan Babaji teacher in northern India
Repetition of God’s name
Source: The Teachings of Babaji, 16 November 1982.
“Science has only increased the area of the unknown. And if there is a God, her name is Mystery.”
— Fritz Leiber, book Our Lady of Darkness
Source: Our Lady of Darkness (1977), Chapter 8 (p. 43)
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