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Who wants to be stuck in being religious and being spiritual either? That's not freedom. You've just exchanged handcuffs for leg irons - which doesn't mean that you should avoid enlightenment.

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
Doesn
Stuck
Mean
Avoid
Legs
Irons
Wants
Handcuffs
Either
Exchanged
Religious
Mysticism
Freedom
Iron

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