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The enlightenment experience is not what you think. How could it be anything that you can configure, anything you can imagine, any way that you think it should be?

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
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Enlightenment
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