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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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The Now Is Indivisible.

Bruce Lee

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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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