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Thunder Perfect Mind
For I am the first and the last.
I am the honored one and the scorned one.
I am the whore and the holy one.
I am the wife and the virgin.
I am the barren one and many are my sons.
I am the silence that is incomprehensible.
I am the utterance of my name.
– Gnostic Text
"Do you believe in an eternal life in a world to come?"
"No, but I do believe in an eternal life in the here and now. There are moments when time suddenly stands still, and gives place to eternity."
– Fyodor Dostoevsky