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No one knows how this world came into being. It is a creation of consciousness itself. It's extraordinary, a mystery.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
Extraordinary
Mystery
Creation
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