“Every action changes every other action. We return to our ABC's. Therefore every action in the present affects those actions which you call the past. Ripples from a thrown stone go to in all directions.”

—  Jane Roberts

Session 214
The Early Sessions: Sessions 1-42, 1997, The Early Sessions: Book 5

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