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See the ocean: it does not run after its own waves, as it knows they must return to rest in her depths. And so it is for us: whether we speak of joy, peace, strength, or love itself — no greater illusion exists than that we should somehow find, searching outside of ourselves, the source of our True Self.<\/p>\n

~<\/p>\n

Much as ocean tides surge and ebb upon waiting shores \u2013 always changing, yet changing nothing \u2013 your True Self is greater than any wave of thoughts or feelings that pass through it.<\/p>\n

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