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  The School of Silence: The Politics of Mystery True spirituality is that which alleviates the suffering of the mind. Whenever I visit a place of worship, I encounter familiar questions: "Who are you?" "Which religion do you follow?" "What is your caste?" "Which country do you belong to?" Yet, throughout my life, no one has ever asked me the one question that truly matters: "What kind of human being are you?" When I turned away from labels and toward nature, the first realization that dawned upon me was astonishing: everything is profoundly alike. Mountains, rivers, trees, birds, stars, and human beings are not separate stories; they are different chapters of one eternal book. That book bears a single title: Mystery. The moment this realization entered my consciousness, the page called discrimination quietly disappeared from within me. Nature recognizes neither religion nor nationality, neither caste nor social status. It only recogni...