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Greed, fear, lust, hate, jealousy, these are part of reality too ... bundles of consciousness wrapped tightly, barbs on which you can injure yourself, volatile energies that serve as separations between yourself and perfect stillness.

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Fear
Separation
Bundles
Reality
Greed
Tightly
Part
Buddhism
Wrapped
Serve
Energies
Consciousness
Jealousy
Separations
Perfect
Stillness
Barbs
Hate
Lust
Volatile
Energy
Purity
Injure

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