On our Journey, we should not dwell on the guilt emerging because of dropping back to Ego-dominated state; instead, we should celebrate that we are in the state of the Presence!!
To use the past to justify the present is bad enough__ut it__ just as bad to use the present to justify the past.
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To use the past to justify the present is bad enough__ut it__ just as bad to use the present to justify the past.
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