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If I could identify one core problem about the world, it's that we've been taught to distrust ourselves.

Shakti Gawain

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Shakti Gawain
Age: 70 †
Born: 1948
Born: September 30
Died: 2018
Died: November 11
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Trenton
New Jersey
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World
Distrust
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