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Meditation is the short path to happiness. Meditation takes you beyond the desire-aversion operating system that offers very limited happiness and a great deal of frustration.

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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Happiness
Meditation
Desire
Short
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Aversion
Beyond
Operating
Deals
Frustration
System
Concentration
Takes
Limited

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