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When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
Jack Kornfield
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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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It is the place of feeling that binds us or frees us.
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