“We all start out looking at life from the particular perspective of our upbringing, which provides us with assumptions about who we are. For most of us, this culturally imparted point of view simply remains our perspective as we move through life.”

—  Mooji

Greater than Sky, Vaster than Space, (2018), Part I

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