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The Heart of The Matter
The Symphony of the Soul
Music is more than a collection of sounds; it’s a time machine, a portal to forgotten emotions, a mirror to the soul. When melodies wash over me, they don’t just enter my ears — they seep into every fiber of my being, awakening dormant feelings and long-buried memories…
This is why I cherish music so deeply. It’s not just sound — it’s the soundtrack of my life, the keeper of my memories, and the voice of my innermost self. In its embrace, I am fully, profoundly, and beautifully alive — feeling every joy, every heartbreak, and every triumph as if for the first time.
~ Etheric Echoes
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The real Ganges, the real Jordan, the real Red Sea is the human heart and its tributaries. Heart heals body, heart heals mind, heart heals heart, heart heals all that pertains to the self, heart heals all that pertains to others (that is to say to the phenomenal non-self). Heart takes one above the realm of self and non-self, heart is the throne of Unity.
~ Murshid SAM
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Mythically, the center of one thing leads to the center of everything. Seen in this way, the illness of one person becomes the ailment through which all that ails a community can be addressed; the wound in one person can become the door through which…