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I am continually calming the restless scanning of my rational mind in order to perceive the finer energies that enable me to unitively merge with everything around me.

Ken Keyes Jr.

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Ken Keyes Jr.
Age: 74 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 19
Died: 1995
Died: December 20
Author
Writer
Atlanta
Georgia
Ken Keyes
Rational
Merge
Energy
Calming
Order
Finer
Around
Energies
Everything
Enable
Mind
Restless
Continually
Perceive
Scanning

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