| Contents: Our Pristine
Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness |
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Preface
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Introduction
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1
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Part 1
Pristine Mind: Our Fundamental Nature
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1. The Beauty of Pristine Mind
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9
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The Poor Man and the Treasure
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9
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The True Nature of Our
Mind
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11
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2. The Eclipse of Pristine Mind
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15
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Mental Events
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15
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Primordial Fear
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18
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The Ego
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23
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3. From Discontent
to Fulfillment
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30
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The Search for Comfort
Zones
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32
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4. Turning the
Mind coward Enlightenment
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35
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5. Finding
Happiness Within
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38
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Part 2
Realization: Revealing Our Pristine Mind
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6. The First
Aspect of Realization: Who We Really Are
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43
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Calming the
Mind
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43
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The Runway to Pristine
Mind
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44
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Guided Meditation: The
Realization of Pristine Mind
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46
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7. The Second
Aspect of Realization: Who We Are Not
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53
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Thoughts and Emotions Are Like
Clouds in the Sky
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53
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Mental Events Are Like Internal
Demons
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54
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A Change in Attitude Gives Us a
Choice
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57
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Changing Our Mental
Diet
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59
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Clearing Our Mental
Clutter
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60
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Attention: The Power Source of
Mental Events
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63
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Freedom from the Chains of
Beliefs
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66
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8. The Third
Aspect of Realization: Mental Events Are Illusions
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68
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Looking Closely at the Nature of
Thoughts and Emotions
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70
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The Power of Illusions
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75
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9. The
Significance of Realization
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77
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Nirvana Is
Here
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77
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Sudden and Gradual
Realization
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79
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A Cure-All
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80
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True Human
Experience
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81
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Part 3
Meditation: The Journey Deeper into Pristine Mind
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10. Going
Beyond Mindfulness
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85
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Mindfulness
Meditation
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85
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The Purpose of Pristine Mind
Meditation
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89
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11. Guided
Meditation: The Experience of Pristine Mind
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92
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Driving the Pristine Mind
Highway
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95
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Leave Your Mind
Alone
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96
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An Ego-Free
Zone
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98
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Cruising
Altitude
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99
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A Boundless
Experience
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100
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12.
Experiences and Obstacles in Meditation
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102
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Noise Passes through Your
Awareness
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102
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Calm and Clear
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104
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Hazy Mind
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106
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Do Not Linger Over Mental
Events
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107
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Overcoming Obstacles in
Meditation
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108
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Don't Give Up
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110
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The Growing Gap between Mental
Events
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112
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13. Beyond the
Cushion
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114
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Pristine Mind in Daily
Life
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115
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14. Receiving
the Benefits of Meditation
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117
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From Addiction to
Contentment
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117
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Understanding "the
View"
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118
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Fantastic Bodies and Difficult
Minds
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119
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Applying Meditation in the Midst
of Difficulties
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121
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There Is No Resistance in the
Present Moment
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122
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The Place and Time for
Meditation
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123
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Dying with Pristine
Mind
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124
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Part 4 A Good
Heart: The Companion to Pristine Mind
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15. Three
Principles: Realization, Meditation, and a Good Heart
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129
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Our World Is Colored by Our
Mind
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130
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Four Components of a Good
Heart
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131
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We Are All on the Same
Flight
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132
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16. True Love
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135
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Romantic Love
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136
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A Truly Open
Mind
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138
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17. Compassion
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140
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Not Just during a
Crisis
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140
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Seeing Others' Needs
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143
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Compassion Is Courageous,
Strong, and Patient
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143
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Letting Go Is
Compassion
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145
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18. Rejoicing
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147
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19.
Impartiality
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149
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20. The
Benefits of a Good Heart
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151
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The Source of All Positive
Qualities
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152
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A Good Heart and Marriage
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154
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The Student-Teacher Connection
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155
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Education and a Good Heart
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157
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Living Fully
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158
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Part 5
Enlightenment: Fully Awakened Pristine Mind
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21. What Is
Enlightenment
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163
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The Conditions for
Enlightenment
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163
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The Four Stages of
Awakening
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164
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22. The First
Stage of Awakening
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167
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23. The Second
Stage of Awakening
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170
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Transformation and
Liberation
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171
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Knowing Our Internal
Weather
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173
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24. The Third
Stage of Awakening
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175
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Becoming Friends with Our Mental
Events
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175
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Wind Blowing through Empty Space
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177
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Mastery of Our
Mind
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178
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Enjoying Our Mental
Events
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178
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Unconditional
Happiness
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179
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The Healthy Way of Enjoying
Sense Pleasures
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181
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25. The Fourth
Stage of Awakening
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186
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Completely Perfect
Enlightenment
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186
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Enlightened Mind Is Real
Mind
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187
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Undistorted
Perception
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189
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A Healthy Sense of
Self
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190
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The Passing of an Enlightened
Being
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191
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The Only Safe
Place
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191
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Authentic Faith and
Devotion
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191
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Homage to Guru Rinpoche
Padmasambhava
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195
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Acknowledgments
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197
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About the
Author
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199
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About Pristine Mind Foundation
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200
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