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You don't have to do anything to meditate. That's what makes it so difficult. Everybody wants to do something.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Buddhism
Wants
Everybody
Difficult
Makes
Anything
Something
Meditate
Mindfulness

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