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Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work profane? Then your mind is separated: from itself, from oneness, from the Tao. ✨ Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu
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Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work profane? Then your mind is separated: from itself, from oneness, from the Tao. ✨ Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu

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