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The light will disturb us when we're comfortable, and comfort us when we're disturbed. We turn to spirit for help when our foundations are shaking only to find out that it is spirit who is shaking them!

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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
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Daniel Jay Millman
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