“All illusion comes and goes, but the soul remains unchanged.”

—  Meher Baba

Message at Nasik (December 1936) <!-- LA p. 157 -->
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Context: All illusion comes and goes, but the soul remains unchanged. What is meant by God-realization is to actually experience this important thing — that the soul is eternal.

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