Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive. —William S. Burroughs

 

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I am the thought that lives in the light.

I live in everyone, and I delve into them all...
I move in every creature...
I am the invisible one in all beings...
I am the voice speaking softly...
I am the real voice... the voice from the invisible thought... 

It is a mystery... I cry out in everyone...
I hid myself in everyone, and revealed myself
within them, and every mind seeking me longs
for me... 

I am she who gradually brought forth everything...
I am the image of the invisible spirit...
The mother, the light... the virgin… the womb, and the voice... 

I put breath in all beings..


—Nag Hammadi Scrolls

from Why Religion, Elaine Pagels

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