Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@noonessleep Perennial wisdom, perhaps. The Berkahot (English: 'Blessings') was composed around 200 CE, for example.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 14 Aug 2020

@yourauntemma 'We see the world as we are, not as it is,' is an ancient insight, common to global wisdom traditions. But oft credited to Rabbi Shemuel ben Nachmani in the Talmudic tractate, Berakhot. What truly matters? We ourselves may access the transfigurative alchemy such insight empowers.

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