"Man is the individualised expression or reflection of God imaged forth and made manifest in bodily form. How is it, then, I hear it asked, that man has the limitations that he has, that he is subject to fears and forebodings, that he is liable to sin and error, that he is the victim of disease and suffering? There is but one reason. He is not living, except in rare cases here and there, in the conscious realisation of his own true Being, and hence of his own true Self."

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Source: Ralph Waldo Trine (2013). “In Tune with the Infinite”, p.78, Simon and Schuster

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Ralph Waldo Trine

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Ralph Waldo Trine was an American author and philosopher known for his writings on self-improvement and the power of thought, particularly in 'In Tune with the Infinite.'

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