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We've observed that people who stall in their personal growth work often have counterproductive soft addictions that stand in their way of growth and having the life they say they want. It can be a simple thing, such as watching TV instead of finishing a project.

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Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit.

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As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and the universe.

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When we learn new behaviors and break through to higher levels of consciousness and love, we can fulfill the deeper spiritual hunger within.

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How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.

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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

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But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

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Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

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Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

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Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

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Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.

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Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

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The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.

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Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution.

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I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.

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Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.

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All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.

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Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.

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A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught.

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