Part 1

2020 Eye of Strom

Bashar Bashar
427 min read

Your year of 2020 is a pivotal point in what you call your history. You are shifting through a very particular moment, crossing a very particular threshold. And so at this timing, it is important for certain states of being to be paramount within you to help you through this time. to help you cross that threshold in a positive and constructive manner. For what comes after will be predicated very strongly on what you do and who you are in 2020.

We will reinforce the ideas we are about to share with you at the end of this transmission in your holotope meditation in a very particular way. But for now, we would like each and every one of you to know how important it is for you to truly be yourselves in the coming year. how important it will be for you to make decisions that are in alignment with your best discernment. How important it will be and how important it is for you to remain at the center of the storm.

Because if I may use some of your colloquial language, 2020 is going to be nuts. It’s going to be crazy. And it is of paramount importance that you remain if you wish to be on a certain train in the eye of the storm where it’s calm where peace and solitude reigns. where even though you may see the storm raging all around you, swirling around you, thundering and lightning all around you. It is more important than ever before and more important than it will be for quite a long time. During this crossing, during this threshold, during this pivotal year, to be at peace within yourself, to be calm within yourself, to be centered within the eye of the storm.

So we would highly encourage each and every one of you to really take stock of who you really are and what kind of decisions you really choose to make and how they are or are not in alignment with what you truly wish your world to be.

We will give you a suggestion that may assist. For most of you are at least to some degree familiar with what we have told you about how our world functions, who we are. In simple terms, what we stand for and what reality we are encouraging you to align with so that you can experience eventually more contact with us and us with you.

It is crucial, critical in this coming year to set the stage to set the foundation for the years to come after with the state of being that represents that which is most harmonious with the vibration we have shared with you that is representative of our reality. If you wish to have a reality to shift to a version of Earth where we can interact openly and freely with each other in beauty, in harmony, in creativity, in love and to have the ability to look deep within yourselves and not allow the idea of fear-based opinion to supersede your deepseated knowledge of who you actually prefer to be and what kind of a world you prefer to live in.

So we encourage you at any time in this coming year when you allow yourself to stay at peace and be calm in the eye of the storm to think of what it would be like if you were one of us. What kind of decisions would you make if you were coming from our world but living on Earth? How would we respond to the things that happened and come up, the circumstances and situations and opportunities that will arise in your year of 2020? And to come from that center of balance and peace and calm and solitude and assurance and confidence and knowingness and come from there in your actions, in your relations, in your understanding of others that you may encounter on your journey.

And to not settle for those things that you think in your opinion are the things that would serve when you know in your heart they may not. Create the vision of the world that you would really prefer to live in. A world that contains the ability to interact with us and other beings like us. that contains the ability to expand your senses instead of contracting them so that you may receive as a more receptive antenna higher frequency information by remaining in the center in the eye of the storm. You will be far more capable of being receptive to the images and the information and the messages that we are always constantly sending you. Remember this. Remember this. Remember this. And take it to heart.

We never leave you. It is you that leave us. So choose the vibration, the frequency, the energy if you wish to have that kind of a world that represents what you believe we would do if we were you, if you were us in all the situations that may arise in the upcoming storm. Stay in the center. And no matter how it may seem to swirl around you, no matter how scary it may seem, be discerning of the vibration of those with whom you associate, of those that you would align with that in no way, shape or form represent the world that in your heart of hearts you truly prefer to experience.

Now, of course, it is always up to you to make the choices that you believe are true for you. And we would never tell you to do otherwise. All we do is encourage you to understand that if you wish to align with a version of Earth that we are aligned with in your future and have the interactions and the freedom to play among the stars with us. That you choose to remain in the eye of the storm no matter what rages around you. And that you look deep within your heart of hearts and make choices that are really true to your core and not simply obedient to the fear-based beliefs or opinions that sometimes allow you to think is the path when you know deep within it is not.

Be strong, be courageous, and be at peace in the upcoming time and the crossing of the threshold. For everything thereafter will take its cue from the seed you plant that year.

We are always magnifying and amplifying the energies through the different vortices of your planet to help balance your world and give you a greater opportunity to slide smoothly across that threshold.

We have been talking about times of transition now for quite some time on your planet and as we already have experienced with you things are changing rapidly on your world and as we have said they will only get crazier in the year to come.

So do not make the measure of who you are as a being, by what you see swirling around you. Make that measure by who you know you prefer to be. And stay in the center of the eye where the calmness and the peace in your heart and your mind, your soul, your spirit will allow you to have the resolve to stand firm in what you know to be true. really true deep within your soul, deep within your hearts, so that you can let go of those things that are truly not vibrationally compatible with the world you prefer to create. There will always be another path. Just because sometimes your choices may seem limited doesn’t mean they actually are. There is always a third alternative. always. So let yourself be at peace enough to find it, to see it, to walk it together in harmony and unison and love.

We will crystallize this idea again in the meditation at the end of this transmission, but for now we wanted to have this heart-to-heart with you.

And if you simply want to allow yourself to simplify everything we have just said so that you can make your choices, your decisions and discernment more easily, then once again I simply remind you and it can be any name in this position that is representative of the same kind of energy of the energy of your higher mind. It doesn’t have to be specifically us. But if you’re confused at any point, if you feel yourself being tugged away from that center at any point, just ask what would the Esani people do and do that and you will be fine and back in the center for you know us well enough to know what we would choose. up to you.

We thank you for allowing us to have this heart-to-heart with you. And in return for that gift, we ask, how may we continue to be of service to you now in your dialogues and questions, please begin as you so desire.

Oh, and by the way, you can shake off the seriousness now and lighten up. Oo, that was scary. Though we rarely would say to go in that direction, in this case, it might actually be appropriate to be just a tiny bit scared and use the fear in a positive way to align you with what you know is true for you.

Questions

Ova
I came all the way from Tokyo. What’s the exact definition of action?
Ova
Bashar
Bashar
Action. physical action. Physical activity. Literal physical activity.
Asker
You said that meditation is not free action.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
It sets up the state. You walking up to the microphone is the action. You did not meditate on walking to the microphone. It’s not that complicated.
Asker
So, if I organize a group meditation and maybe I I will ask the people around me to participate and actually do the meditation, maybe it’s going to be a more action.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar

You can begin with that kind of an action, but you must proceed from there once you get yourself into the appropriate state. The meditation is not the end. It’s the beginning of an action.

And if you get into the proper state, it will actually propel you to then move forward and take actions that are expressions, creative expressions of the energy state that the meditation got you into. Mhm. Mhm. So it’s an expression, a physical expression of some form of interaction and creativity. Yes.

Serpent Mound

Asker
I have to ask about the um Serpent Mound in Ohio.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
I said there are codes if you can decode them in the serpent mound that will point you in the direction of where one of the master crystal skulls is buried.
Bashar
Bashar
The skull is So that skull is a seoia skull. Seoia. Seoia. Seoa squad. Yes. Seoia. Okay.
Asker
So, I thought I didn’t I didn’t I didn’t I didn’t think that Ohio could be considered to be a northeastern region of
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
It’s northeast from where you are now.
Asker
Yeah, that’s right. Thank you. I know that too. Mhm. And uh I was kind of trying to decode that code in Serpent Mound.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes. Well, go ahead, play with it. See what you get.
Asker
Yeah. My guess your research. Yeah. My guess is that uh the skull may be in the direction of true north from the
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
I am not going to give you any more assistance. Go and do your research. Go and play with it.
Asker
I I did go to Serpent Mound this August.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Then have fun.
Asker
Yeah, I did. All right. See what you get. You’re right. Mhm. There are many astronomical alignment at Serpent Mound. Like its face it’s it’s its head is facing um the sunset sunset time of summer solstice.. also I was very attracted to the fact that one of the um I have to ask about the Draco constellation
Asker
Asker
Why does the Serpent mound imitates the Draco conration?
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
There’s a connection.
Asker
Okay. And one one of the stars in Jericho constellation used to be north pole star maybe when the serpent mound was created. Is that right?
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
I am not giving you any more clues.
Asker
I want to ask about the um archetypal story structures and story of a story of a dragon being slain or killed by a hero. There are many this kind of a story all over the world in from the ancient times.. so this must symbolize or represent something some maybe some uh incident that actually took place in ancient times. I guess
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
in a sense it does it is symbolic of certain things that have happened on your planet historically. Yes. Mhm. But the idea now is to resurrect the dragon which represents ancient knowledge and wisdom.
Asker
What does Hercules represent?
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
The offspring of the Anunnaki and humans called the demigods. It was not the original Anunnaki but um offshoot group of Anunnaki. Hercules the demigods are offspring of Anunnaki and human.
Asker
Hercules was told to steal some of the golden apples in the gardens of her what in the gardens and uh there was a there was a dragon who was guarding that um golden apple tree and so and the Hercules killed the dragon and the dragon that dragon named Ladden um was the image of that dragon was brought up into the sky.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
There are always going to be positive and negative images of every symbol. So in the idea of resurrecting the ancient wisdom and knowledge, that’s the positive side. The slaying of the dragon is simply going within to allow yourself to overcome and supersede the limitations imposed within your genetic structure so that you may be able to access that ancient wisdom and knowledge again.
Asker
Okay. So that golden apples symbolizes the un that knowledge and
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes. Because it ties directly into your ancient story of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Asker
Like in the garden of Eden.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes. So it ties directly symbolically into that idea that you were prevented as a species from having a certain amount of knowledge that would make you equal to the gods, the Anunnaki. Mhm. But now it is time for those markers that were turned off to be turned on again. The dragon being representative to some degree of a higher level version of your DNA. The dragon represents the third strand.
Asker
Oh, really? Oh, that’s that’s good to hear. And uh at the end of this at at the end of this story, the image of dragon was brought up into the sky and uh said to have become the draco constellation.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes. Therefore, there are things that are connected to that constellation astronomically that can assist you in discovering certain truths, certain ancient knowledge at this time of opening on your planet.
Asker
I consider myself always in high spirits. But not always in correct mind. So, I’m trying to Sync those two.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar

Yes. So, the idea of the mind not being aligned with the high spirits is due to belief systems that construct the physical mind and whether or not those belief systems are out of alignment with who you truly are as a spirit or in alignment with who you truly are as a spirit. So the idea is to examine what belief systems you might be holding on to, maybe even unconsciously that are out of alignment with who you truly are vibrationally. That’s the process by which you bring the mind, the physical mind into alignment with the spirit. Does that make sense? So fear-based belief systems, negativebased belief systems will always push you out of alignment with your true vibrational spirit. Positive belief systems will bring you back into alignment with the vibration of your spirit. It’s as simple as that. So finding out what those belief systems are that are making you out of alignment and letting them go will bring you back into alignment with your high spirits as a mind.

Now the heart receives the vibration communication directly from the higher mind and then bounces that communication into the physical mind. But it has to go through the filter of the belief system. So the heart reminds you in a sense as a physical reminder of who you really are and thus gives you an opportunity to examine what belief systems the physical mind may be holding on to in its construction that isn’t allowing it to receive that communication as clearly as it could.

Asker
So I wanted to um it’s kind of an expansion on the question I asked last night on live stream. Yes. Um, so you said the reason I had the dream about Oronoko’s Quest um was because of my connection to hybrid kids on Earth in the future. Yes. Okay. Um cuz I was wondering like if you meant like a difference between the hybrid kids that I have or if like you meant
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
No, I meant what might be called a counterpart of your own from the same oversoul that is living life as a hybrid on the earth in the future.
Asker
Okay. Thank you. So it has a degree of familiarity to you. Okay. And then um does birth does taking birth control affect your psychic abilities? Like does it
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
it depends on your belief system?
Asker
Oh, so if you believe that you’re fine, then it doesn’t.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
If you really really really truly know that to be true, yes. If you have questions about it, then you may be connecting into the collective consensus reality that says it might in fact affect it. Okay? So you have to decide for yourself what part of the collective works for you and what part of the belief system is your own individual belief system that works better for you than the collective consensus one.
Asker
Okay. And then um I was reading one of the Dolores Canon books and they were talking about how um cuz I know that you talk about when you’re part of the hybridization program they take uh DNA material from you. Yes. Yes. Um, and in one of the books they talked about like some women are actually pregnant with a hybrid kid.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes. Temporarily sometimes and then they lose it or what they think is a miscarriage that’s not.
Asker
So it’s like actually physical like not just an energetic kind of
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes. It can actually be physical and then the embryo is taken and matured on board the ships in hybridization tanks.
Asker
Wow. Okay. Um, and then can you explain why um like the idea of soul families, why we have them in
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Why do you have friends?
Asker
Well, no, I mean like instead of just everybody like being one soul family, I guess.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Well, on one level, of course, everyone is one soul family, but we understand that when you people use those terms, you’re usually referring to something a little bit farther down the line and closer to physical reality in spirit. Okay? So there are just as you have reasons for having the friends you have, there are reasons you have for having the soul family you have that is connected to the idea of your experiences on earth. Plus you all have soul families that might be connected to other civilizations or other dimensions of reality. And again on and on and on and on and up and up and up and up until of course at that level everything is one.
Asker
Okay. And then um of course it doesn’t end there. Yeah. because you can have families of the one, right? Okay.
Asker
Asker
Um and so, um also in my own, uh encounter experience that I had in September, um I was aware of like being on a
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
I mean it might not have been a ship, but it was somewhere else, but I was also aware of being in my body in in bed, but when the experience was over, I was left with a mark. Yes. So is like it’ll happen that way sometimes.
Asker
But how how does that work mechanically like is your
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
because sometimes when you are shifted to a different reality and a certain adjustment or change is made remember as above so below. So sometimes what is altered in the template level reality on a different level will then manifest in the physical reality as well.
Asker
Okay. Um and then oh do we have um technologies because I know a lot of us can go to like Sedona and sense vortices um just you know intuitively but are there technologies that we can build or already have?
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Sometimes there are combinations of them that are sensitive enough to detect the electromagnetic vortices and sometimes you have other versions of technology that need to be put together in ways that would be sensitive enough to detect the vortices. But yes, you have the technology to do that.
Asker
Okay, cool. Um Oh, and then last night um or maybe it wasn’t last night, maybe it was two nights ago. Um, you were talking about someone asked a question and you were talking about open contact. Yes. And I remember in other events you’ve said it’s 2025 to 2033, maybe 2040. And the last time we said it, we said 2033 to 2040. Yes. It’s changed a bit, but it’s always fluctuating. And when we gave that reading, that was indicative of the energy at the time we gave the reading because sometimes that window will tighten, will widen, will collapse, will expand depending on what’s going on on your planet, which is one of the reasons we’re talking today about the eye of the storm and staying in the center so that it may expand again for those that remain in the center, but it will collapse and continue to collapse for those that don’t.
Asker
Asker
Okay. Um are so life purpose numbers are they um life purpose uh like life path numbers like
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
life path numbers.
Asker
Yeah. There’s a book
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
you’re talking about a permission slip. Yeah. Well, you know what we say about permission slips. Yes. Yeah. How they just give you an opportunity to be more of yourself. So if you are attracted to use it, that means it must be aligned at the moment with your belief system to allow you the opportunity to circumvent your belief system, right? Yeah. Because you think you need that particular tool, technique, ritual, or object to make it easier to give yourself permission to be more of who you choose to be. It’s that simple. So all permission slips are valid. It just depends on what you’re attracted to that will work best for you. That’s why you’re attracted to it, right? Um, and then, uh, my last question is is again about, um, the hybrid kids. Yes. Um, so I guess it’s kind of a two-part question. Um, I love how clever you all are. It’s my last fivepart question. too.
Asker
Um, so I feel um like so I was in a meditation one time um and was really deep in it and I felt like I went through a doorway and
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes.
Asker
If not all most of my hybrid kids were there.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes.
Asker
Um and so
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
was that like me actually seeing them or just like you shifted yourself through a portal to a higher dimensional plane where you had the ability in your senses to perceive that they are there.
Asker
No. Yeah. I just thought like maybe because sometimes when we dream it’s like um how you say that it’s like sometimes it’s not actually you that’s in our dream, it’s um our
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes, I understand. But in the case you’re talking about, yes, you were able to perceive your hybrid children.
Asker
Okay. And then um will will I ever be able to meet them like in physical reality?
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
There are high probabilities of that occurring in your lifetime. Yes.
Asker
Okay. Thank you.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Thank you.
Asker
So excited. Okay. Um Okay. I have three questions. Yes. Okay. So, the first one uh remember in the last transmission you said anybody who wants contact can go to Joshua Tree in the
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
We didn’t say want. Oh, what did you say? We simply said that there was an opportunity to experience more opening different things. It would help heighten the probability of contact in the future, but to simply go and see what you experience so that we can observe where you’re at with regard to the idea of contact.
Asker
Okay, got it. Well, I went
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes.
Asker
and I saw what looked like three spaceships.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
All right.
Asker
So, I wanted to ask you like who were they and what was it?
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Who were they and what was it?
Asker
Yeah. Like what who was in those ships? Are you allowed to tell me?
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
I’m allowed to say that some of it is friends of yours, some of it is people you don’t know, and some of it is other versions of yourself.
Asker
Other versions of myself. And
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
many of you have counterparts in some of the extraterrestrial civilizations that visit you so that you will have a degree of vibrational familiarity with them.
Asker
Okay? like looking into a mirror but seeing a different face. But then knowing that it’s still another version of the oversoul that you are also an extension from.
Asker
Asker
Got it. But then it’s also like maybe another being like a hybrid being like myself
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
in general. There were many many hybrids present at that moment.
Asker
Oh there were okay cool. Um okay cool. So it was great. Then the second question is then after that experience I had this really vivid dream where I was on a spaceship and they were doing something. I don’t know what they were doing.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
All right. Um a memory of an actual encounter.
Asker
Can you tell me what that was? Like what they were doing?
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Taking a closer look. taking a deeper observation, a measurement of your energy and again how close you may be to the vibration that would allow for a higher degree of probability of contact in the future.
Asker
Okay. Is that uh possible in my lifetime?
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes. Remember again it’s not so much that things are or are not possible. It’s whether they are probable or relevant. There is a high degree of probability. Yes. Otherwise, again, we probably wouldn’t be having these conversations. You can use us to some degree as a marker that those that find us have a great deal of connection to the idea of the hybrids and the idea of experiencing contact. It doesn’t mean it’s all guaranteed, but it means that your willingness to participate in the beginnings of contact, which is what these exchanges are, heightens the probability of actual physical contact in the future. So generally speaking, those that are present in these exchanges and listening in to these exchanges, those that are connected vibrationally and feel a familiarity with us and the way we share information with you are probably on a similar wavelength close enough to continue to expand your energy toward the idea of open contact. Otherwise, again, it is not as likely that you would be participating with us in these exchanges. Now again, it doesn’t mean you can’t change your mind. It doesn’t mean you can’t succumb to negative and fear-based belief systems that would take you farther away from the idea of the probability of contact. But in general, if you just let go and go along for the ride and follow the formula and as we recently said, stay in the eye of the storm, it is increasing the probability of contact with us or beings like us in the relatively near future.
Asker
Okay, then the last thing is you know how you were talking about um neutral neutral preference and like choosing choosing things that are vibrational alignment. Yes. Vibrationally compatible with who you prefer to be. So then I I guess what’s the balance between you know when you meet people that may not occur like they are vibrational balance
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
are you saying that they’re vibrationally incompatible or compatible? I experience that and then I wonder am I just being biased? First step remember remember remember. First step always honest self-examination. Am I dampening my excitement? Am I biasing the energy with my belief systems? Right? Always do that examination first. Then when you are clear that you may not be biasing it, then you know that what you’re sensing really is not your preference vibrationally. Again, this is what we’re talking about when we say it’s important to have clear discernment, but you have to start with yourself in that discernment. Am I coloring this? Could it be something that could serve me? Could it be something that could be made more vibrationally compatible if I change my belief system about what I’m experiencing here? But if you come right down to the core, the essence of the situation, the circumstance, and the belief systems that are active within you at that moment, and determine, no, I’m pretty clear that this is vibrationally incompatible with what I prefer, then it’s easy to make the decision as to not engage.
Asker
I think the only thing that I get a little confused about is that you know how you I was watching a video and you were sharing how like everybody that we interact with we’re only seeing our version of them. So then ultimately if I’m creating how they’re showing up or I’m seeing my version of them
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes.
Asker
then and if they’re showing up in my life
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes.
Asker
then
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
but for what reason?
Asker
For what reason is for me to discover.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Exactly. Okay. And as you clarify yourself, you’ll understand why you attracted yourself into that circumstance with that person. Whether or not it’s for the circumstance of gaining more discernment, more clarity within yourself and recognizing you don’t need to continue to create your version of them anymore or you do.
Asker
Okay. Yes. Thank you. You’re welcome. Bye.
Asker
Asker
Hello again, Bashar.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
And to you, good day. So I spoke with you yesterday and I guess I forgot to ask you a question that you called me today.
Asker
So um again regarding the experience that I had at Joshua Tree
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
the whole point of me sharing that experience is because I wanted to ask you
Asker
ask the question before you forget it again. Okay. So uh first I wanted to say something else and then I will ask it. I will ask this time. So the reason I didn’t wanted to blend the energy with the what I perceived to be them, it was because I didn’t know them. It felt like an intimate uh process and I didn’t know who they were.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
All right.
Asker
So now I have the question. Yes. Have I created that? My higher mind created I know the experience was real. Clearly real. But how I created that experience like my higher mind created it as a permissionly for me too
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
to know yourself better
Asker
and to relief some of my beliefs or
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
yes
Asker
I really had a communication with
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Bashar
Bashar
both
Asker
I knew you were going to answer that. So may I know who I was communicating with?
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
No. you have to know yourself better first and then you will know.
Asker
Now I realized the next day when I was thinking about it and I had the realization this morning that I keep saying we are all one.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes. On one level you are. But the idea that you’re an individual is also real.
Asker
Yes. So I don’t regret not you know I respected I honored my beliefs in the moment.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes.
Asker
So I don’t regret that. But if I wouldn’t know experientially that we are all one.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes.
Asker
I wouldn’t have fear that connection that blending of
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
you’re putting the cart before the horse as you say. If you let go of the fear you will have the experience that everything is one. It’s the fear that’s preventing you from having that experience.
Asker
I know
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
you can’t have the experience and hold on to the fear and say I’m going to have the experience first and then I’ll let go of my fear. You cannot experience what you’re not the vibration of first.
Asker
No, but when I keep telling people that we are all one because I know it to be true.
Asker
Bashar
Bashar
Yes, but I don’t believe it. People are saying so what? How is that practical to know that? And we’re telling you the way that it’s practical to know that is to be the fullest individual you can be because it’s not about the idea of losing the individuality in knowing you’re all one. It’s about the idea of validating fully validating your individuality. That’s what allows you to feel the harmony and the unity of being one. Not about being homogeneous like everyone else, but validating all the differences that make you unique. That’s the paradox. Validating the differences that make you a unique individual is what allows you to actually feel connected to everything as one.

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