If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One... I am become Death, the Shatterer of Worlds.

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If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One... I am become Death, the Shatterer of Worlds. "I am become Death, the Shatterer of Worlds." This quote is from the Hindu epic poem "Ramayana" and is part of a prayer to Lord Vishnu. This passage is often used as a mantra for moments of great struggle or struggle with great meaning.

There are many versions of this quote, but the most common versions begin with an invocation for God to crush his enemies and then ends with “Om” or “Hare Krishna”. The idea here is that if God can crush all his enemies, so can we. If our lives are filled with adversity, there must be reason for it.

If we are suffering, it means we are making progress in some way.

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4. ...where there is One, that One is me; where there are many, all are me; they see my face everywhere. The Bhagavad Gita

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