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One of Jiang's interchangeable names for the divine source that Dante would have to channel in order to write the poem.
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the monad
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...absolutely no sense only if he is able to channel God the monad the source whatever you call it is he able to write..."
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"...absolutely no sense only if he is able to channel God the monad the source whatever you call it is he able to write..."
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"...that we can appreciate and which will lead us closer to the monad to god and that really is the genius of dante where..."
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"...And at a certain dimension, we're all just one force, okay? The monad. So the separation is only superficial. In reality, we're all connected...."
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"...story about one of the times you felt really connected to the Monad and what insight did it give you? Love the lessons. A..."
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"...so there are many, many instances when I felt connected to the Monad, but when I teach, I feel connected to the Monad. It's..."
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"...just listen to your heart, then you can easily connect to the Monad. Connection to the Monad is the greatest happiness in the world...."
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"...makes you dumber. So why is that? And the answer is the monad. What makes you smart? What gives you your creativity is your..."
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"...idea that all technology in a way reduces your connection to the monad, and therefore all technology is bad in a certain way. Doesn't..."
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"...say that the way to activate our love, our connection, to the monad is by connecting with another person, by loving that person unconditionally,..."
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"...matters is the individual the individual's connection to the source or the monad in the individual is able to connect to the source then..."
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"...vibration. So, you start off with a source. We'll call it the monad or the source. And what the source does is it breathes...."
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"...like your conscious, you're attentive, you're joyful, then you're connected to the monad, okay?"
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