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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
Author
Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
Moment
Moments
Unfolding
Night
Mindfulness
Opening
Buddhism
Eternal
Single
Suffering

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