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You are awareness. You are mind. You are not from this world. I mean, think about it, could you really be from here?

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
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Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
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World
Buddhism
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Humanity

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