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The mind spends most of the time lost in fantasies and illusions, reliving pleasant or unpleasant experiences and anticipating the future with eagerness or fear. While lost in such cravings or aversions, we are unaware of what is happening now, what we are doing now.

S. N. Goenka

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S. N. Goenka
Age: 89 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2013
Died: September 29
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Satya Narayan Goenka
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