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If aspects of the person remain undigested-cut off, denied, projected, rejected, indulged, or otherwise unassimilated-they become the points around which the core forces of greed, hatred and delusion attach themselves.
Mark Epstein
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Mark Epstein
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: January 1
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