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Self awakening enables you to see the human scene as it is, not as it appears to be, which frees you of its chaos.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Humans
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Frees
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Awakening
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Chaos
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