"The fact is always simple. The difficulty is in seeing it through the mind which always takes the imaginative way - until it is stilled. The mind knows it is the master in imagination and the slave of the fact. It will fight you all the way to self-knowledge. And why not? It is the only enemy."
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Barry Long
Barry Long (August 1, 1926 β December 6, 2003) was an Australian spiritual teacher and writer.
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