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The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Working with Attachments and Addictions

Tara Brach

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God Gives You One Wish

A man on a California beach in deep prayer says out loud, Lord please grant me one wish. The sky clouds over and the booming voice comes: Well because you've tried to be faithful I'll grant you one wish. So the man says please Lord build me a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over any time I need to see beautiful sights and alleviate the stress in my life. It's like that's a very materialistic kind of a request. And after a few moments God said you want two lands on that or four lands on that bridge. Think of another wish. Finally he said Lord I wish that I could understand women. I want to know what women really want. How

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