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Jun 2017
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#017 Will Spirituality Solve Our Global ...

Russell Brand
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Leading meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg explains why we find it so hard to be in our own mind, why we have a habit to always go to the negative, and how meditation can transform society. 

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