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The Pathless Path

The Pathless Path

Searching for a Self

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Jun 01, 2025
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Looking into the self is often like looking into a void, especially if we come to our search through trauma and loss. There may be a tidal gate inside us to open, but it has often been described, especially in the East, as a gateless gate, or like an adventure I once experienced in the Himalayas, a pathless path. In other words, to b…

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