This world, that world, doesn't matter. You never make people to see what you see, hear, feel what you feel. Notes don't do it, words don't do it, paints, bronze, marble, nothing. All you can do, you maybe get it a little close, a little closer. But right, like you're talking? No.
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Santo hermano mío, piensa en esto por un momento: el mundo que ves no hace nada. 2 No tiene efectos. 3 No es otra cosa que la representación de tus pensamientos. 4 Y será completamente distinto cuando elijas cambiar de parecer y decidas que lo que realmente deseas es el júbilo de Dios.
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You are not looking at anything; you are not in contact with anything living, as long as you use your thoughts to understand and experience anything.
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