When you realize that life in every body and in all manifestations of nature is nothing more than explosions of God Consciousness, you are in His eternal presence.

God is always in the stars and in the clouds of the earth, in our thoughts, feelings, and will; and when you realize this, then you realize your connection to Infinite. This is self-realization: you feel no longer like a small wave of life, but like the ocean itself.

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