The Pursuit Of Perfection

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However, I must confess that I do not consider perfection to be an impossibility, or even a possibility, but rather the actuality and reality of the infinite universe in which we live. I believe that Life is perfect, just the way it is, and that it is getting better every day. Perfection does not mean that things could not be better, or more abundant, or greater in some way. Perfection describes that state of existence to which nothing can be added, or subtracted; a whole and complete state of being that increases and improves by a greater expression of what it already is. Perfection defines the infinite, the one Life in which we live, move and have our being.

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