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My personal opinion is that the neutral position on the mood spectrum—what I called emotional sea level—is not happiness but rather contentment and the calm acceptance that is the goal of many kinds of spiritual practice.

Andrew Weil

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Andrew Weil
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 8
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