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Styles Tend To Not Only Separate Men - Because They Have Their Own Doctrines And Then The Doctrine Became The Gospel Truth That You Cannot Change. But If You Do Not Have A Style, If You Just Say: Well, Here I Am As A Human Being, How Can I Express Myself Totally And Completely? Now, That Way You Won't Create A Style, Because Style Is A Crystallization . That Way, It's A Process Of Continuing Growth.

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Styles Tend To Not Only Separate Men - Because They Have Their Own Doctrines And Then The Doctrine Became The Gospel Truth That You Cannot Change. But If You Do Not Have A Style, If You Just Say: Well, Here I Am As A Human Being, How Can I Express Myself Totally And Completely? Now, That Way You Won't Create A Style, Because Style Is A Crystallization . That Way, It's A Process Of Continuing Growth.

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The Now Is Indivisible. Completeness, The Now, Is An Absence Of The Conscious Mind To Strive To Divide That Which Is Indivisible. For Once The Completeness Of Things Is Taken Apart It Is No Longer Complete.

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