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🌟 Join me as I share my incredible journey of dying for 7 minutes and the profound truths about the afterlife that forever changed my perspective. In this deeply personal story, I reveal my experience as a commercial diver in the 1980s, when a tragic accident led to my drowning—and an extraordinary encounter with the other side.
Learn how this transformative experience:
- ✨ Revealed the true nature of unconditional love
- 🌅 Showed me a complete life review from multiple perspectives
- đź’« Transformed my understanding of purpose and connection
- 🌊 Led to an miraculous recovery from stage 4 cancer
This isn't just another near-death story—it's a testament to the power of spiritual awakening and the profound connection we all share. Whether you're seeking answers about the afterlife or looking for inspiration in your own journey, this story offers insights that could change your perspective on life, death, and everything in between.
I Died for 7 Minutes: The Truth About the Afterlife That Changed Everything" 🌟✨
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## Keywords đź’Ž
- Near Death Experience
- Spiritual Awakening
- Life After Death
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Darkness was my earliest
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companion my mother on her own and
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struggling often sent me to stay with
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different households where I felt like
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nothing more than an extra mouth to feed
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I remember leaning against chipped door
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frames wondering if I'd ever feel that
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elusive sense of belonging each new
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address came with a new set of unspoken
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rules a new hierarchy of children and a
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new environment where I'd have to learn
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again how to protect my heart kids can
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sense when they're out of place and I
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certainly did yet in all that upheaval I
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learned a howto for survival an
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instinctual step-by-step approach to
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personal resilience that shaped me so
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strongly I carried it into adulthood by
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the time I was seven I finally stayed
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with a family that provided a semblance
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of stability but just when I started to
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breathe easy my mother reappeared ready
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to take on her role at 14 I found myself
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living with a woman I barely knew and a
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new stepfather who argued with her
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constantly the tension was so thick it
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weighed on my chest wanting to escape I
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learned the best practices for emotional
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distance Vanishing for hours at a time
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especially when raised voices shook the
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walls little did I know these teenage
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experiments in withdrawal would set the
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stage for a lifetime Balancing Act
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between Solitude and togetherness once I
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finished high school I faced a stark
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reality College wasn't happening with
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without outside help so I joined the
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service confident I could Forge a path
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toward an engineering degree my
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Mechanical Aptitude flourished there
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honed by tough schedules and rigorous
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training if anyone told me I couldn't do
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something I'd plow through them my world
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view was that the strong Prosper the
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weak fall behind that laser focused
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mentality made me good at my job but
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left no real space for compassion when I
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finally exited service life I discovered
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commercial diving an adventurous blend
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of danger and curiosity it was The
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Ultimate Guide to testing my limits
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underwater the ocean became my
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professional playground I fused those
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mechanical skills with diving eventually
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climbing the ranks to become chief
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engineer on a research vessel operating
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on the Open Seas demanded constant
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problem solving a real behindth scenes
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glimpse of how unpredictable ocean
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conditions could be each expedition was
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a puzzle to crack and my spirit thriv D
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on the adrenaline rush of overcoming
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obstacles that job fit me like a glove
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the vessel's demands were high there was
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no official rule book for Missions and
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improvisation was key we faced unknown
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variables every day and I took pride in
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steering that chaos toward order
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commercial diving in the 1980s though
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wasn't the cautious profession it's
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become in the latest trends of Maritime
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safety back then many of my fellow
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divers suffered severe sometimes fatal
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accidents everything everything from the
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bendz to hearing loss private life
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insurance companies wanted nothing to do
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with us still we pressed forward
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enthralled by the viral hacks we were
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innovating in underwater robotics
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Salvage work and experimental
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techniques one fateful night in 1983 our
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vessel was evaluating a cuttingedge ROV
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remote operated vehicle off the coast of
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California when a vicious storm formed
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on the horizon we realized it would be a
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race against time to reach the harbor
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the Big Challenge lay at the mouth of
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that Harbor guarded by a daunting
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Breakwater that churned enormous waves
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during rough weather with strong winds
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howling and 25 to 30ft Breakers rolling
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in the captain decided to reduce
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prolonged costs by trying to get our
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smaller crew ashore quickly the plan
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deploy our rubber Zodiac boat a craft we
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relied on for retrieval operations even
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in Heavy
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Seas at that moment I was sing L out to
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join a small team heading into Harbor
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normally I stayed on board to manage
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systems as the chief engineer but our
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skeleton crew didn't have enough hands
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familiar with the shoreline I was The
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Logical choice if a reluctant one we
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rummaged through the bosen's locker to
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find neglected orange life vests crusted
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in dust banged them clean and strapped
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them on it felt as if we were wearing
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pillow cases around our torsos still we
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zipped into that zodiac and tried to aim
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for the harbor with a radar bearing
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night swallowed us street lights on the
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distant Shore were no match for the
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swirling Darkness overhead waves like
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watery Hills formed all around forcing
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us to Crest a roller catch a glimpse of
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the harbor boy then will our boat to the
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next roller repeating this precarious
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dance over and over before we knew it
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we'd been blown an unexpected mile south
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unbeknownst to the entire crew suddenly
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we penetrated a breaker Zone of colossal
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waves one towering swell pitched the
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Zodiac forward with startling force and
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as soon as we hit the trough another
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massive wall of water slammed down our
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sturdy little craft folded like a
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sandwich and I unluckiest of all got
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catapulted overboard my instincts
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reminded me I was a trained diver keep
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calm I told myself but this was pure
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chaos imagine the Roar of an enraged
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ocean at night no Guiding Light No
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reference points tumbling underwater
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deprived me of any sense of up or down
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my chest burned as I clung to my last
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breath soon that inevitable moment came
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when I needed air so badly that Euphoria
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disguised the danger and I inhaled
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frigid saltwater I drowned then came
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silence the Roaring waves vanished in an
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instant I felt neither cold nor pain
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only a mesmerizing Stillness in complete
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darkness and something else an
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overwhelming sense I wasn't alone
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training had taught me about oxygen
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deprivation and the Illusions it can
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cause but this was beyond anything my
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instructors ever described curiosity
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tugged at me how could the most violent
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episode of My Life melt into a deep
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sense of Tranquility a pin prick of
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Radiance emerged the faintest glimmer in
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that void as it beckoned I noticed it
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was made of countless filaments of light
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all moving in Perfect Harmony like an
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enormous school of fish swimming in
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synchronous arcs the closer I drifted
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the more it felt like the very core of
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the Universe I glanced down at my own
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form somehow I too was dissolving into
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these luminous threads waves of
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extraordinary warmth embraced me an
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unconditional love that carried no
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demands or judgments it felt more honest
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than any human love I'd ever encountered
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I realized I was merging with this
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Cosmic Family of Brilliance an eternal
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kinship even though I couldn't place
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them from my Earthly life more radiant
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forms arrived greeting me like I'd been
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gone too long they communicated without
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words urging me toward a deeper realm it
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appeared to my perception as a vast
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spherical chamber and that's where I
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relived my entire life but not as a
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simple slideshow it was a total
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immersive re-experience from every
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perspective including the viewpoints of
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others I had interacted with their
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feelings their emotional states even the
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micro impacts of my words and actions
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were all laid bare my Consciousness
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splintered into multiple streams for
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those moments forcing me to see my life
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in shocking Clarity a struck and ashamed
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I realized how many things I'd done
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purely out of arrogance my Cosmic Family
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however offered only compassion gently
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sharing in my memories with empathetic
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understanding their unconditional
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presence inv veloped me never condemning
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me never turning away even the worst
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chapters of my life were met with with
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unwavering acceptance my heart felt both
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humbled and cherished when the review
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extended beyond the point of my drowning
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the clarity faded I became aware I was
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glimpsing future possibilities a
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Labyrinth of paths sprawled before me
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indicating the fluid nature of Destiny
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multiple directions multiple outcomes
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yet before I could fully understand this
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infinite complexity a collective
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resonant voice filled my awareness it
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was that same all-encompassing life
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speaking as an infinite chorus telling
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me it wasn't my time I had to go back
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and I adamantly refused why leave this
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horizonless love for a broken body
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drifting in a cold sea all that awaited
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me on the surface I thought was pain I
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stood my ground protesting with every
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fiber of my being but the absolute force
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of that luminous presence repeated its
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message there was purpose woven into my
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life and I had obligations yet to
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fulfill the moment I truly grasped the
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meaning of purpose that Cosmic
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injunction shivered through me like
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sonic waves suddenly I was hovering
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above my submerged form next to me
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hovered a few of those radiant
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companions as we watched my body churn
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in the tumultuous Waters a stray rope
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from the Zodiac's wreckage latched onto
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my arm dislocating my shoulder but also
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forcing my limp form toward the surface
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wave after wave bashed My Flesh against
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a partially inflated section of the boat
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pushing out some salt water from my
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lungs I sensed my soul family gently
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pressing me back into the body and like
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the snap of a rubber band a blinding
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torrent of sensation hit me the agony of
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re-entering a battered oxygen starved
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water logged body was immense if dying
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felt harsh coming back felt even harsher
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my throat choked on salt my lungs raged
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I could hear muffled shouts from my
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companions scanning the waves with
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flashlights in a frenzied attempt to
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find me my voice barely managed to rasp
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but they spotted me we regrouped around
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the floating wreckage confirming that
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everyone W has alive if badly shaken we
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still had nearly a mile to swim under
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those monstrous conditions wrestling and
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aching dislocated shoulder I accepted
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the help of a friend who stomped on my
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arm to pop it back in pain roared
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through my body but I was alive
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eventually we staggered onto the beach
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half dead from exertion yet
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extraordinarily lucky a adrenaline still
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coed through my veins but so did
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confusion people demanded to know how I
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had managed to hold my breath so long
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jokingly I said the ocean spat me back
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in my world death was taboo especially
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for commercial divers so I told no one
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about that other realm that
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unconditional love that sense of Soul
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family the memory scared me more than I
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cared to admit I stored The Experience
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away in a figurative box sealed with
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mental duct tape labeled not open and
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went on with life as if nothing had
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happened yet the lessons from My Life
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review wouldn't remain silent I could
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still recall my own behaviors my
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brashness my disregard for others
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feelings slowly I did my best to change
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the way I treated people in subtle ways
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I let those expert tips from my
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afterlife Panorama guide me treat others
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gently speak with empathy and try to
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harness the power of love for daily
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decisions but the deeper aspects meeting
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God reuniting with a family of light
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remained in locked storage I couldn't
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handle that part it felt too big too
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surreal in the years that followed two
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urgent questions burned in my mind first
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I wanted to regain Clarity on that
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purpose so forcefully mentioned second I
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wanted to ReDiscover the boundless love
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I'd tasted out there it's easy to become
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obsessed straining to find that
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Transcendent love in Earthly existence
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some people spiral into depression when
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they don't find it I too felt the ache
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for that Cosmic connection still I
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resisted the urge to throw my life away
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and Chase the Beyond recalling how
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precious time is here and how ephemeral
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it can be The Daily Grind overshadowed
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those spiritual inklings I dove deeper
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into The Busy World of mechanical
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systems and Hospital management a back
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problem crept up on me starting as a
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harmless ache but turning more menacing
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each week
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my arm tingled with numbness I assumed
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it was just typing fatigue carpal tunnel
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from Advanced administrative tasks then
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in the middle of a routine day my spine
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felt like it snapped from within I
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staggered to an emergency department
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only to encounter a moment I recognized
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instantly from my near-death Life review
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a nurse walked in eyes brimming with
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tears Deja Vu struck me like lightning I
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remembered seeing this exact moment in
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that Cosmic preview I had once tried so
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hard to forget tests soon revealed I had
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stage four lung and bone cancer tumors
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had devoured parts of my vertebrae
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causing a terrifying collapse additional
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scans showed spots in my hip kidneys and
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even my brain the doctors gave me a
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painfully short prognosis encouraging me
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to finalize my Affairs the recommended
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path forward was basically to manage
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pain and wait out the inevitable but
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something within me roared in Defiance
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I've seen the future that internal voice
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reminded me this is not how it ends
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while many questioned my sanity I drew
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on best practices from both conventional
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oncology and holistic medicine I clung
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to gratitude yes gratitude each day
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viewing my suffering as a teacher step
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by step keep going I told myself
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aligning with that unwavering love I
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once knew despite skepticism I found
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incredible Synergy between Medical
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treatments and mindful practices I
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considered it my own Ultimate Guide to
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Healing a behindth scenes custom
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strategy blending Hospital Technology
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with the intangible essence of spiritual
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resilience in just 6 months though it
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seemed an eternity I stunned my entire
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care team by reaching a cancer-free
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state friends and colleagues called it a
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miracle for me it was part of that
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Destiny the light had revealed gratitude
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became the Cornerstone of my new life
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philosophy
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whenever adversity reared its head I
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tried to respond with genuine
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appreciation not because adversity is
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fun but because it can bring Clarity a
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consistent gratitude practice can
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dismantle fear providing that Stillness
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from which you can see the Practical
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steps forward that near-death experience
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so profoundly real electrified my
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Outlook on everyday existence the memory
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of tapping into multiple perspectives
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during the Life review made me realize
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that none of us are isolated we are all
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connected to the cosmic tapestry in ways
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we barely sense being here on Earth
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isolated by the limitations of a
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physical body at times feels like Living
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in a Dream yet when we step into that
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luminous realm we return to our totality
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it's as if only a fraction of our true
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spiritual Essence inhabits our bodies
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while the greater portion awaits our
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reunion Beyond this plane today I see
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Life as a wondrous Adventure suffering
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ing though painful can generate
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transformation even if it's a single
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Moment of clarity it can change the
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entire trajectory of your life that's
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why easy methods for heart-c centered
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self-reflection or top 10 strategies for
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practicing daily mindfulness can be so
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pivotal if they help even one person see
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beyond their immediate trials knowing we
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co-create each moment with the world
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around us we can reclaim power over how
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we respond to crisis and though that
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immeasurable light still calls me I
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honor the blessing of being here
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breathing air feeling the sun on my face
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hearing the laughter of friends I
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believe we have a responsibility to
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nurture our gifts and share them because
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we never know what deeper plans might
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unfold through our Cooperative
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existence yes I anticipate the day I
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return to that realm of expansive love
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where self-doubt fear and pain evaporate
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but until that time I'm fully present
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here in engaging with each new chapter
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with open-minded curiosity and a humbler
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heart perhaps that is the real trending
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now mindset living with purpose offering
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compassion freely and never forgetting
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how much each small act reverberates in
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The Grand Design of creation true
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belonging I've learned doesn't lie in
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any single household or fleeting
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achievement it resides in our
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willingness to keep our Spirits open and
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our actions sincere so whenever storms
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close in and the waves threaten to drag
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me below I think of that silent glow
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that abiding sense of being cherished by
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an ineffable Source I remember the
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watery Darkness the Luminous Radiance
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that welcomed me and the hush that
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followed my last breath that memory
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urges me to embrace life's
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unpredictability knowing that within
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every challenge there might be an
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invitation to step closer to the light
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we carry within the Adventure Continues
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wave after wave heartbreak after
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heartbreak Triumph after Triumph and in
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each surge of the tide I sense that
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underlying love guiding me home but not
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before I fully walked this path it's my
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heartfelt wish that others too discover
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the expert tips embedded in their own
17:43
hardships one might une Earth lessons of
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patience another might realize the
17:47
beauty of surrender while someone else
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finds Unstoppable courage our stories
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differ but the Resonance of growth the
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Synergy of connected Souls is universal
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if if there's one Ultimate Guide to this
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existence it's that none of us Walk
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Alone we're all part of something
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immense and wondrous weaving together
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each Ripple of kindness thought and
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choice into a collective tapestry in the
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end no matter how large the breakers or
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how dark the night we can stand on the
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shore soaked to the bone yet steadfast
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with hearts that are open and ready we
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can meet every storm with alertness
18:24
curiosity and maybe even a bit of Wonder
18:28
Because deep in side the current that
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carries us also nurtures us urging us to
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remember who we truly are sparks of
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light United in a vast ocean of
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possibility