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- Lester and the Art of Mindfulness
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A chance encounter with a Buddhist monk leads a work-a-day western man to question his understanding of 'what's what.'
'Mindfulness," he asks. "Can't you keep it simple? Don't you just mean 'paying attention?'
Oh no, mindfulness is so much more than that. Once I lived as a Budhist Monk....
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A chance encounter with a Buddhist monk leads a work-a-day western man to question his understanding of 'what's what.' 'Mindfulness," he asks. "Can't you keep it simple? Don't you just mean 'paying attention?' Oh no, mindfulness is so much more than that. Once I lived as a Budhist Monk....
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this is a debut piece
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- Lester and Mindfulness (lester_and_the_art_of_mindfulness.doc)
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