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Do you ever really stop what you are doing in your daily routines, and just think, “Who am I?” You know, why am I here, why do I see things in the world like I do, why do I do things as I do ...

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Award-winning poet and Buddhist teacher, Jane Hirshfield, talks about beauty, paradox, and the importance of spiritual presence.