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Speaker 1: jim se King told, scribe, scribe, told son, son, told wife,

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Speaker 1: is the emphasis. Told me that you would come to

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Speaker 1: give wisdom of thousands. They said you would come. Welcome.

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Speaker 1: This is the Dropping Gems podcast. I'm your host, Every Brown.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode of the show. This is a

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Speaker 1: higher consciousness to our every day life, all in service

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Speaker 1: to our liberation. That is how I hold this space.

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Speaker 1: That is what's in my heart as I do this show,

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Speaker 1: and so I'm hoping, always hoping that that is the

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