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So I was first exposed to this guy Tim McCarthy, and he's talking about Zen, but deeper than that he was a genuine person. I thought maybe he's someone I can trust and follow this thing he's talking about all the time.
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Brad Warner
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 5
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It may look like we're doing nothing when we sit zazen. But actually we are exposing ourselves to ourselves.
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