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I am not one of those who neglect the body in order to make of it a sacrificial offering for the soul, since my soul would thoroughly dislike being served in such a fashion.


—Rainer Maria Rilke

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I learned through my body and soul
that it was necessary for me to sin, 
that I needed lust, 
that I had to strive for property, 
and experience nausea and the depths of despair 
in order to learn not to resist them, 
in order to learn to love the world ... 


—Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha

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You observe the heart feeling, the mind thinking, the body acting;

the very act of perceiving shows that you are not what you perceive.

—Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj 

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