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Meditation doesn't have to be complicated. What I do is about as simple as you can get. You could just count the beads, one, two, three, with your eyes closed or open, whatever makes you happy.

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Lou Reed
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: March 2
Died: 2013
Died: October 27
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