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Our thoughts are always pulling us into the future or the past, away from the present. But it is in the present moment that we find Spirit, our essential being and the force that animates all life.

Deepak Chopra

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Deepak Chopra
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 22
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New Delhi district
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