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Becoming a Buddhist: Two renowned teachers, two stories of transformation

Life Examined

CHAPTER

The Importance of Being Intimate

Jonathan Safran Foer: I have never seen such a level of distrust and divisiveness ever in our world. Every day, Jonathan, I'll feel myself creating a bad other," he says. "I'm afraid for more suffering to be caused by these policies or whatever it is I'm upset about" But underneath the fear is a kind of grieving for the pain in our world, she adds. 'If I can make that transition from an angry blaming of other to that care then I can go ahead'

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