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Reality: Dream, Loop or Absolute?
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The Da Vinci Code Book by Dan Brown
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Incontrovertible evidence for the existence of God
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Is Consciousness Unique to Each Individual?
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Scientific American, March 2003 - dark Matter
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The more you earn the more they deserve?
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Can Mathematics Define God and Reality?
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