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A sailor crosses an ocean searching for a lost city.
A knight rides across kingdoms searching for a grail.
A pilgrim travels toward a holy land.
A mystic seeks enlightenment.
A treasure hunter searches for gold.
The stories differ.
The movement remains remarkably similar.
Something valuable has been lost.
Something important lies elsewhere.
Something essential waits at the end of the journey.
The assumption is always the same.
The kingdom is somewhere else.
Human beings have given this kingdom many names.
Eden.
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Zion.
El Dorado.
Camelot.
Shambhala.
The names change.
The search remains.
Every age inherits its own version of the story.
Some search for paradise.
Some search for wisdom.
Some search for truth.
Some search for freedom.
Some…
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