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Two qualities are at the root of all meditation development: right effort and right aim—arousing effort to aim the mind toward the object.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
Author
Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
Meditation
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Objects
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