How to have a Transcendental Experience

[@explorer.samrat]

Solitude, nature, books, self-reflection - These are true assets.😊

[@nirvana4623]

Same here bro

[@Job.Well.Done_01]

Yeah totally

[@ourmuse]

Coffee ☕

[@joshuamitchell4343]

Add semen retention to this GREAT list and any man will get rich and be powerful

[@explorer.samrat]

@@joshuamitchell4343 Ahh...i missed that one. 😅

[@see-it-for-yourself]

Whenever I spend time in the mountains, I experience this. It's so liberating and makes me feel so connected to existence. Sometimes I even sense like I would just climb a mountain, entirely dissolve myself into the cosmic consciousness and become endless.

[@epicmetalwarrior5476]

I'm living this at this moment. May you feel at least part of the good energy that I'm feeling right now. A hug from Brazil.

[@pulse3554]

The Brahman! Crazy to see Indic terminology like cosmic consciousness enter the western mainstream so deeply in the last 30 years

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@shannonbest106]

Yes…and I experience this too … while snorkeling in the sea, walking through the woods alone, and while planting… it all equals tranquility … which is the fuel for one to transcend. 😉

[@erinsuzy613]

My child was tasked with the assignment to find the oldest date in the local graveyard. We found one that said 1812 for their death, but many were so worn that they were likely older and we were actually finding the oldest that withstood erosion. It made me realize that in only a short 100 years we too disappear and erode from all memory.

[@hannahpasha]

Something so grounding about that reality.

[@Skochel]

Our energy is left behind though through the interactions we have with our life. Our true legacy is unseen

[@dogarucos]

David Eagleman said: “There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.” For me, the 3rd one is the scariest and most disturbing one.

[@pushthetempo2]

Good comment

[@pushthetempo2]

Most people don't know who there great grandparents were. So you are likely forgotten by then.

[@haveaday1812]

For me it’s surfing at dawn. In the water right as the sun is coming up. It’s cold. It’s quiet. The city is still asleep. The waves are powerful. The fog rolls away. Gliding down the face of a powerful wave, that traveled thousands of miles just to have a tiny human harness it’s power for nothing more than a smile. It’s pure bliss.

[@leeleemee]

Powerful experiences that I will never encounter. Thank you for sharing ❤.

[@ladeedaa1419]

That’s sounds amazing!

[@lisamcallister6534]

Wow!!!

[@twilightincosmos]

for me its quietly looking out of my window late night when the world is fast asleep to watch the moon and the dance of the shimmering clouds around it... :)

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@TheMaskedMotivationalSpeaker]

Transcendental experiences offer a rare chance to break free from our narrow concerns and connect with something greater. Nature, solitude, music, and even psychedelic substances can trigger such moments. In these instances, our worries fade, and we become part of a timeless, beatific whole, reminding us that we don't always have to be defined by our struggles and shortcomings.

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@MoriohAnime]

I don’t think you guys understand how much I love and appreciate your videos. They almost feel like a warm hug that makes me feel like I’m not alone or maybe someday I’ll be able to accept myself. Thank you School of Life I’ll always be grateful for this channel❤❤❤❤❤

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@awaisaltaf]

I went on a date with a girl from my class. i liked her alot and she did too but she was too shy to confess, i bought her a small bracelet on my way back when i was dropping her home, it was hot summer that day. Later that night, i was alone in my room, my friend who i used to live with had gone home to see his family. It was 3am i couldn't sleep, i have insomnia but it was also due to the fact that i was so happy and lost in love. I was smoking a cigarette lying down close to the window watching over the city and out of nowhere it started raining. at that moment i felt the infinite, i felt like nothing could bring me down no matter how tragic or disastrous i don't know if this relates to the experience that you just described and i hope that I've put my feelings into words as best as i could since English is not my language.

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@kelleemerson9510]

Your english and meaning are well translated. I believe that feeling love is the ultimate goal for this life. Though it's good to have it for other people, creatures and creations. You, yourself will be the most deserving.

[@lamecasuelas2]

Beautiful

[@jamnoise72]

This felt like someone wrapping a velvet blanket round me! Your thoughts, words and voice soothe me so..!

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@ilmariforsnas]

_The Greater Reality is like the stars shining above you. They do not only shine at night. They shine every moment of every day, but perhaps you only care to look up at them for brief moments, very infrequently. But they are always there._ - Marshall Vian Summers

[@msallies]

So beautiful!

[@johnchapman5125]

Thanks!

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@misssunflowerdo]

“We let go of it all in the name of an identification with the totality of existence” 🧡

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@arielsong1289]

Beautifully said, thank you TSoL.

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@TheyCallMeNewb]

There was a great work 'The Idea of the Holy' that captures transcendence as this video does, if in a different way. Mysterium 'mystery' a wholly other, and in its presence we are silenced. Tremendum 'terror' it's at this point that we realise just how feeble we are next to this unutterable power. Fascinans mercy and grace; a charity paid to us and of which we are unworthy. Alain nailed it too in the astrophysics video: it's important sometimes to be made to feel usefully insignificant.

[@shahrukhsheikh8658]

Timing could not be any better. I wish I could post a screenshot here

[@randomnumbers84269]

I'm glad this channel has as many subscribers it has. It's all well deserved.

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@nandinirm2234]

This channel is gold

[@firasbenmoussa43]

i started cold bathing in big bodies of water last fall/winter, and whenever someone asked me why i kept doing it i could never explain how it truly felt like when i was in that water for some minutes. this video perfectly describes that feeling! keep up the amazing work :)

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@aubriethegreat8175]

There was an episode of Star Trek where a character had an experience like this. It was fascinating. I'm not sure I understand the exact definition of a transcendental experience, but I'm going to share a few experiences I've had. The first one is dreaming. I feel like almost everyone experiences some degree of transcendental experience when they are dreaming. Sometimes my dreams have clear connections to my waking life, and other times they seem completely random. I don't remember ever feeling pain in a dream, but my dreams are very vivid. Just as real to me as if I was awake. Most of my dreams are positive, and often they are in a combination of third and first person perspectives. I am in my body, but at the same time floating above it and watching myself doing things. I've never experienced anything like it while awake. Often things in dreams only make sense in the dream, then they don't make sense when you wake up and remember your waking life and compare them. I had a dream one time that I could control the rain. I was standing outside some version of my house, and I remembered, oh yeah, I can control the rain. Then I did it, completely naturally, as if I'd done it a hundred times before. It stood hovering in the air, I made it go back up a little bit, I admired how beautiful it was, then I let it fall again. I find rain, snow, and night time beautiful. Some people say they are depressing, but I think they are wonderful. There was this one time about a month ago where I went to a store late at night. As I was walking through the parking lot with the cool air, fewer people, and dimmer light, I paused and turned my head up towards the sky, enjoying the moment of peace in a place that usually felt so overwhelming. This also happened during fall during the day in the parking lot of a different store. There was a person playing music in the background, the sky was overcast, and the wind swept the orange leaves off the trees and they fell all around me. It took me out of my worries for a moment and reminded me how beautiful life can be. Going to the top of a mountain on a hike is also similar. There was a time I was reading a really good book for the first time and I was so engrossed in it that my teacher had to call my name seven times before I looked up. There was one time when I had just woken up from being asleep, and for just a second in that in-between state, I had no memories and no identity. I sensed my nana's death when I was in elementary school, I have seen a ghost once and sensed spirits near me a couple of times. You know the feeling where you know someone is looking at you even though you aren't looking at them? It's like that. And that kind of experience makes me remember how everyone and everything's energy is connected. I often learn life lessons and feel very connected to fictional characters and their worlds. And some music... wow! It's like some kind of magic for our brains, it can make me feel anything. I really like Celtic music and Instrumental Lofi, and some 80's music and Christmas music, and some ones from when I was younger. Oh and also I had de ja vu one time when I went to India and was watching a blazing red sunset over the ocean on the beach, as my family spread my nana's ashes. I love spending time alone. I have some really good music to recommend that I discovered recently. It's Avatar The Last Airbender inspired Instrumental Lofi, and I swear it feels like real magic, it's incredible! It's by Simon Gross and also on Spotify. Here's one of the videos, there are 4 volumes/videos with multiple songs in each. Each volume is roughly an hour long. The link is for either volume 1 or 2. kzbin.info/www/bejne/el7ckmmLYtWVjdE Here's the title of one of the videos: "Avatar: The Last Airbender🌊 ~ 1 HOUR OF LOFI CHILLOUT MUSIC" Hope you like it! ❤

[@hannahpasha]

Reading about your experiences made me feel calm.

[@aubriethegreat8175]

@@hannahpasha I'm so glad about that! I almost didn't post it because I thought it might be too long and convoluted. It feels good to know someone read it and it made you feel calm.

[@hannahpasha]

@@aubriethegreat8175 it made me want to keep reading. I took screenshots and shared with a sister and friend.

[@aubriethegreat8175]

@@hannahpasha I'm flattered ☺️

[@laureverlinden686]

Your comment made my day, I love reading about your dreams and all the things that you love, there’s so much positivity in your point of view ;) I went to the forest today and I found a quiet spot to sit down. I took a deep breath and I just let myself be a part of nature for a moment. It felt amazing; like coming home to myself and my body, to the earth from which we all originate. I cried a little bit because it felt so nice to let go of the tension I was holding onto and just be. I don’t usually comment on yt but you sharing your experience made me want to share mine ❤

[@oonaallen9550]

Listening Enya music while it's raining, the kids asleep n white sheets on my bed

[@ioannisaliazis]

This doesn’t have to be a thing we do or experience under specific circumstances. It can rather be a thing that we are, can be a prism through which we view our reality as a whole. It’s all about how we frame things.

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@michaelabbott8674]

It is so important to have transcendental experiences regularly. I have them daily and it makes all the difference for my outlook on life. I believe being a part of something bigger than yourself is essential for sound mental health.

[@TheZenMindfulness]

I love how all of these vids have different but authentic animation/illustration styles.

[@videndanoor3408]

It’s interesting how you mentioned everything and anything but the most powerful tools that can provide us with the highest transcendental experiences, such as meditation, prayer and contemplation.

[@oneseeker2]

Prayer? I do not pray, at all. I don't believe in any entity to pray to.

[@videndanoor3408]

@@oneseeker2 ok, thanks for letting me know about your understanding of this world, but, what are you trying to achieve with your comment? Are you trying to say, transcendental experiences should not involve ‘prayer’ because your understanding of the world implies there is no reason to pray? Is there a ‘fanatic’ side in you that gets triggered as soon as you hear the words God and prayer?

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@skylinefever]

@@videndanoor3408 It was probably because whenever life didn't work, some NPC would just say "Pray harder." Nothing could possibly be because sometimes life doesn't work like it should.

[@ghostvoid3019]

Thanks for all the great videos and all the information it always helps

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@a.v.5078]

ASMR, alone in nature, a good book

[@pancholopezpaz]

I think a nap can be also giving you this small moment of strange feelings and realising our place in this world

[@mifinedrefined7446]

Thank you! I thought i was the only one. The second i wake up from a nap (still a bit groggy) i often get a very strong surreal feeling of existing. A heighten existential awareness.

[@Ruleta]

Thanks to UBI I live in this and it goes way deeper than you might think.

[@oneseeker2]

Yet u share none of it...

[@SkatemeRockme]

In which country do you get basic universal income btw?

[@m2pozad]

Just living debt-free and child-free is near transcendent. Non-house-holding probably gets us the rest of the way. Monk life.

[@romy3582]

Thank you so much for this information. I’ve felt this a few times, and didn’t know what to think of it afterwards. I really appreciate it.

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@nias3202]

Thank you. Very beautiful video. I needed to hear this today. And thank you for not zooming out in the end:)

[@sandrob.7232]

Wow, yes! It always takes off my concentration when it starts zooming out in the end, I thought I was the only one! Well, not sure if you're referring to that but I totally agree! 😆

[@nias3202]

@@sandrob.7232 Yes, I was referring to that:) Have a nice day.

[@tammy8028]

I actually like this, thanks School of Life, somehow I can never shake the feeling you'r taking the piss out of us all, as humanity, which is not a bad thing always, lot of truth in your posts. For most or some, it is valuable knowledge to be able to connect somehw where you never could before with others, and there experiences.

[@jungersrules]

I say that my ego is on vacation whenever I have a day where absolutely nothing bothers me. No thought, no feeling can get a grip on me.

[@delancyj67]

Snorkeling over a coral reef and watching little fish darting about makes me realize how small the difference between them and us.

[@oneseeker2]

we are All sentient beings, equalizing self AND all. We all suffer.

[@kirandeepchakraborty7921]

At Night...... Thinking about the surreal nature of Life, Cosmos, and Philosophy.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@TundeEszlari]

I love your videos, can I get a comment heart?

[@Dabaiko]

How do you convince a drug user that they don't need the drugs for this? And that the substances are destroying their receptors and their ability to feel anything while sober

[@HusseinAmeen]

What a throwback😩👌🏽💯🔥

[@nba3441]

Such an amazing speech.

[@Ishan5183]

Interesting timing!(2)

[@Shyningfade]

Interesting timing!

[@pdfbanana]

no

[@iamwhatiam1991]

How so?

[@Shyningfade]

@@iamwhatiam1991 I was talking with a coworker who was becoming jaded with everyday life (like many of us often are). I mentioned how life can throw surprises our ways that can completely shift our perspectives for the better and give us a new life. Shortly after, I saw this video while I was on break. Just thought it was a nifty little coincidence!

[@iamwhatiam1991]

@@Shyningfade can you share how you spend your break?

[@Shyningfade]

@@iamwhatiam1991 sitting in the break room at work while looking at my phone. I was eating a snack too but I don't think that matters much.

[@AlwaysBelieveChrist112]

I think 2 to 3 minutes is not enough for these videos and soothing voice. Can we go to 5 to 6 minutes every now and then? Thanks for the great work you are doing.

[@Leo-mr1qz]

Excellently done! Thank you. ❤

[@ThoseStairsTheFirst]

Transcendental Meditation is the most direct way to experience complete transcendence regularly.

[@abhishekrana7005]

Please make video on JOHN S. MILL, GRAMSCI AND HANNAH ARENDT .No one explains better than school of life ❤

[@shiraleeana]

Yes! And I wonder how or indeed - if - those less fortunate might have transcendental experiences? For they may be faced with far more practical problems and not have time for this.

[@pulse3554]

It’s hard, maslow’s is real. Indian philosophy has talked about this for a long time - access via your material needs being met is important

[@TheRelationshipNavigator]

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[@kimberknutson831]

Brilliant and excellent. Thank you. : )

[@nagasaipurvaz4251]

i am high on life

[@Wordsofknowledge999]

Great video thank you for all video 👍😘

[@nemanjat1096]

The pleasure of cat calling

[@cybergypsies]

Beautiful ❤

[@cry2love]

We do not die, if we talk to other people, type comments, do anything, we still, leave our mark on the world around us, also, biological existance still there after our body decides to stop working and turning off, our relatives and children are literally us, physically, our parents are us, only with a different life experience, the flesh and dna are the same so basically we can't die, all that dies is that different experience ME and YOU had, all that little details we had in life, but apart from that, what else are we? We are just a copy machines that copy each other and shares our experiences via society with each other, so nobody actually dies, we carry DNA and the culture, experience. All I see is - If humanity exists, and other life forms on Earth, we are not dead, basically the whole life is a sketch that are getting better and better, improves with each new life, so any new life, no matter what form, human or cat, bug - it's a possibility to make it better in some way, then give a chance to exist for another version of you (your kids) and stop existing letting a newer version of you to attempt to rule the world by making it better, in any way, by being a good person to any other form of life or just helping somebody.

[@gailaltschwager7377]

Thank you!

[@shannonbest106]

To transcend one has to be grounded … for if not grounded … how do you know you transcended? Hence to transcend you have to launch for a grounded source.

[@nizasiamehenry]

Great Experience 😊

[@eS-ql7vm]

“This is water. This is water.”

[@pulse3554]

I wish the west would wake up to how they’re finally starting to understand parts of these ideas NOW and where they come from

[@jerryeskridge6149]

Some Thoreau Walden Pond vibes..

[@kirandeepchakraborty7921]

A great privilege indeed.❤

[@ruxandrab1674]

Brilliant!

[@tammy8028]

Do you think then that they are selfish?and ways to delude ourselves that we are worthy in the order of things?

[@tammy8028]

I just had it today.... AGAIN< when will they end? Fed up of those now, xx

[@GabrielKnightz]

When you're In the river, you cannot see the river.

[@silrak5405]

I could use one of those. Where can I get one of these?

[@nemanjat1096]

What is the difference between wisdom and intelligence?

[@lanz2862]

I am u, Baruch Spinoza, the light bulb, the moon, the cat outside, the chair

[@theowhite]

So many of those examples were bourgeois as fuck. The night sky is the only one I have access to and even that is considerably limited by the city's light pollution. Just saying

[@tfvtravelfoodvlog]

*No drugs required 😂

[@ZombieDragQueen]

The thumbnail is clickbait. You need drugs or a isolation/sensory deprivation tank to achieve a transcendental experience. I think a lot of people confuse Stendhal, Paris and Jerusalem syndromes with transcendental experiences. If you want a transcendental experience go with MDMA/ecstasy. Back in the day Cary Grant was the first mainstream Hollywood celebrity to try it under the supervision of a physician researching the effects of the drug. Afterwards he described it as experiencing the death of the self, the ego and it was a profound life altering experience. I don't think you'll get that from hearing for the first time the music of a sitar as you watch the sunset by the Ganges river in Varanasi. It's an emotional experience for sure, but not transcendental.

[@xlmao]

not true, I achieved ego death without drugs before, with music and dancing to the rhythm, it is transcendental and the description in the video is correct with what I felt

[@user-iv4rp7wu8q]

I think you confused "transcendental" with "transcendent"

[@SarfrazWarraich-bx2qe]

Sir plz ,,,How can we translate it,,,in simple English ,,,,( you should have option of simple English too),,,,, because it is difficult English

[@Mr_Munene]

Church

[@oneseeker2]

This state can not be found in drugs, not one drug, you may experience many things from drugs, all Sort of different experiences, feels BUT NOT this one. Not from drugs.

[@shambhavipandey2433]

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[@middleofnowhere1313]

Bro I've tried so many ways and nothing has got me there. At over 55 years of life i have to throw in the towel and say fuck it. Not happening.

[@isabellaa8875]

Maybe your focusing it, usually it can be happen what u less try like your walking with friends or looking down at the ground from an air plane

[@Klingbing_aufm_Ding]

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[@jessetorres8738]

I thought when you Transcend you evolve to become part of a universal hive mind beyond your mortal body where you will never feel pain or die. Shout out to anyone who gets this reference.

[@smurfyday]

Be concerned if you come across someone quoting Blake poems. Tyger, tyger.

[@suchithosecan7564]

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[@PlatosRepublic]

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[@shady__guy7734]

Gawk gawk 3000

[@antoniobarbalau1107]

This seems to me to be a "what is" rather than a "how to" video. The thumbnail (no drugs required) is also misleading, making you think that this video will instruct you (or direct you to instructions, like a book or a research paper) on how to get the experience without drugs. The video is nice and i like the way you presented the topic but this was clickbait and i'm disappointed and not visiting this channel again probably unless i realize that i'm wrong in this regard.

[@shaneblowe]

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[@kipropcollins4220]

your videos used to be original, psychologically penetratingly and very insightful,.. these day they are repetitive, it looks like you no longer put any effort to it.. I understand deep insights are hard to come back, 1000 or so videos latter, I believe it is time you stopped posting them entirely and do something else...it is fine, we get it, back then you were inspired, and we flocked here to be taught, yelled at, philosophically put down and lifted up.. those days might be gone, but we can still go back to the old videos, in fact I have downloaded all the videos on the SELF playlist, those are enough... I have read elsewhere that you have been criticized for stating the obvious, it is true...

[@3bladeninja21]

Fair enough but I really like being high on mushrooms

[@SteinBergsson]

M’kay ???

[@Grateful4life4time]

No sure I understand exactly what author is trying to say

[@margo3367]

The bug crawling up the tree as illustrated was a ladybug, not a beetle.

[@hanskung3278]

Oh no, don't evermention God, oh please don't do that. There can be no genuine transcendence without a genuine Transcendental Reality.

[@onkcuf]

Not this video.

[@bobbyjuju7442]

LSD helps, y'all.

[@edwardt4283]

You're mom.

[@OfftheChainz]

What if I tell you that this shouldn't have to be a temporary state but indeed a permanent state of being? You don't have to settle for just a glimpse once in a while but just shout out the name of Jesus whenever you encounter an obstacle and you will overcome ANYTHING in the Lord's mighty name. I pray that you may partake in the good news and watch yourself soar in life like birds in the air. Just hold on to the truth by reading hia word daily and asking for revelation from the Holy Spirit.

[@oneseeker2]

I will no be shouting out god, jesus, or he holy spirit, the 3 wise men, mother mary or allah. Fictional Cultish Hokus Pokus. All of it.

[@shineayandrews1869]

I had one of these literally last night while my mother-in-law was talking to me. I nearly fainted and the euphoria lasted about 3 hours after finally managing to get to the room. Also, drugs are required because your body naturally produces DMT which is what my body was flooded with at the moment I nearly fainted. Also oxygen is a drug, so. Let’s stop playing coy.

[@oneseeker2]

Are you projecting

[@1337w0n]

Comprehending the totality of human experience is the least relaxing thing I've ever experienced; this is a fat pile of woo. What you're describing is a feeling one gets when their sense of scale adjusts to whatever environment they happen to be in, not a mystical connection or profound comprehension. Anyone who knows the suffering in the lives we live and can comprehend as well as all its causes without getting depressed is a psychopath.

[@liftthezebra4983]

What does „scale“ have to do with music or drugs?

[@aluisious]

Feeling connected to a larger, older whole is not unburdening, because we are poisoning and cooking it. I feel tragedy in nature.

[@porterde]

You can read this: PODCMWTIMO BUTILOST LIKE YOU ---------------- now: lose what... is't there?

[@elleh3495]

Basho, Yo Yo Ma, Andrew Wyeth, Willow Trees, Bumblebees, Golden Hour light across a wooden room filled with books.🤍🙏🏻

[@Cherb123456]

Thank you!

[@navideology]

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