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People wanted to me to describe more about what I call the container, and then describe what the second half of life feels like.
Richard Rohr
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Richard Rohr
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 20
Catholic Priest
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Topeka
Kansas
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Egoic consciousness is the one we all normally operate with, until we are told there is something else! Every culture teaches egoic consciousness in different ways. At that level it is all about me, my preferences, my choices, my needs, my desires and me and my group as the central reference point.
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There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.
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If you don't transform your suffering, you'll transmit it.
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