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The idea of fixing of healing is an important part of any genuine spiritual approach. Kabbalah is very much about this idea of fixing of things that have been damaged. From a Buddhist point of view, things have been damaged because ignorance has intoxicated the mind.

Richard Gere

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Richard Gere
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: August 31
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