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In Place to Experience God

Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach said, "Full experiences of God can never be planned or achieved. They are spontaneous moments of grace, almost accidental."

Author Bo Lozoff responded, "Rabbi, if God-realization is just accidental, why do we work so hard doing all these spiritual practices?"

Rabbi Carlebach answered, "To be as accident-prone as possible."

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