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Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it.

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Allen Klein
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: April 26
Author
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New York City
New York
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Lighten
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Inevitability
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Gratitude

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