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For us to remain in this world, our animal brain has to be there to support us.

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Thomas Keating
Age: 95 †
Born: 1923
Born: March 7
Died: 2018
Died: October 25
Catholic Priest
Writer
New York City
New York
Thomas Aquinas Keating
Remain
Animal
Brain
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World

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