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You See, Unlike In The Movies, There Is No The End Sign Flashing At The End Of Books. When I've Read A Book, I Don't Feel Like I've Finished Anything. So I Start A New One.

Bountiful Is Your Life, Full And Complete. Or So You Think, Until Someone Comes Along And Makes You Realize What You Have Been Missing All This Time. Like A Mirror That Reflects What Is Absent Rather Than Present, He Shows You The Void In Your Soul—the Void You Have Resisted Seeing. That Person Can Be A Lover, A Friend, Or A Spiritual Master. Sometimes It Can Be A Child To Look After. What Matters Is To Find The Soul That Will Complete Yours. All The Prophets Have Given The Same Advice: Find The One Who Will Be Your Mirror!".

We're Stuck. We're Stuck Between The East And The West. Between The Past And The Future. On The One Hand There Are The Secular Modernists, So Proud Of The Regime They Constructed, You Cannot Breathe A Critical Word. They've Got The Army And Half Of The State On Their Side. On The Other Hand There Are The Conventional Traditionalist, So Infatuated With The Ottoman Past, You Cannot Breathe A Critical Word. They've Got The General Public And The Remaining Half Of The State On Their Side.

How Can Love Be Worthy Of Its Name If One Selects Solely The Pretty Things And Leaves Out The Hardships? It Is Easy To Enjoy The Good And Dislike The Bad. Anybody Can Do That. The Real Challenge Is To Love The Good And The Bad Together, Not Because You Need To Take The Rough With The Smooth But Because You Need To Go Beyond Such Descriptions And Accept Love In Its Entirety.

Article Five: If You Have No Reason Or Ability To Accomplish Anything, Then Just Practice The Art Of Becoming.