“There are no divisions as such, but there is an appearance of separateness because of ignorance.”

—  Meher Baba

65 : Ignorance Personified, p. 111.
The Everything and the Nothing (1963)
Context: There are no divisions as such, but there is an appearance of separateness because of ignorance. This means that everything is of ignorance and that every one is Ignorance personified.

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