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Ego synthesized is selfhood, the sense of self-importance, that you really matter ... nothing could be further from the truth.

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
Self
Ego
Really
Buddhism
Humility
Importance
Sense
Truth
Nothing
Matter
Selfhood

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I am very interested in the enlightenment of women. Very few teachers of advanced self discovery work with women, and if they do it's usually in a very second handed way. They treat women as second class citizens.
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