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From Lower Truth to Higher Truth #138
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Taking a famous sloka from the scriptures of India, the soul’s inward journey from the darkness of ignorance to the light of higher Awareness is made clearer. From the loss and lack of spiritual knowledge to its welcome return is thus traced by stages, revealing all the blockages and benefits along the way. Mother Wisdom thereby awaits the aspiring soul, ushering it into the transcendent heights of pure, conscious Awareness.
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