“What's the meaning of life?... what's the purpose? ...Is God cruel and hurts some families by killing babies... allowing other nasty families to grow old...?”

The State of the World 2010, public lecture in New York City, USA, (July 2010)

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artist, author, esotericist 1922–2016

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