Rachel Naomi Remen
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Four Noble Truths

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” A man named Socrates said that long, long ago. Do you believe it? That we diminish ourselves to the degree that we are apathetic about the truth, or that unconscious biases dictate how we see the world, or that we have a habit of confusing appearances with reality? …
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Spanish poet Antonio Machado writes, Last night as I was sleeping I dreamt—marvelous error!— that a spring was breaking out in my heart. I said: along which secret aqueduct, Oh water, are you coming to me, water of a new life that I have never drunk? * Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt—marvelous…
