“Never use needle for shoveling. Needle is for sewing and shovel is for harvesting. Therefore, when you leave a job to your hands, look at their capabilities and scales and so keep in mind that shovel can be used for many different things, but its main usage is to feed the air into the land.”

The Great Master of Thought (Amen- Vol.3), Observing management

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founder and leader of the El Yasin Community 1973

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