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The mind cannot fall asleep as long as it watches itself. Only when the mind moves unwatched and becomes absorbed in images that tug it as it were to one side does self-consciousness dissolve and sleep with its healing, brilliantly detailed fictions pour in upon the jittery spirit. Falling asleep is a study in trust. Likewise, religion tries to put as ease with the world. Being human cannot be borne alone. We need other presences. We need soft night noises-a mother speaking downstairs. We need the little clicks and sighs of a sustaining otherness. We need the gods.

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Scientific advancement carries risk,_ Kohler argued. __t always has. Space programs, genetic research, medicine__hey all make mistakes. Science needs to survive its own blunders, at any cost. For everyone__ sake.__ittoria was amazed at Kohler__ ability to weigh moral issues with scientific detachment. His intellect seemed to be the product of an icy divorce from his inner spirit. __ou think CERN is so critical to the earth__ future that we should be immune from moral responsibility?

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Dan Brown

Angels & Demons