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Friendliness of the Mind: Guru Jagat + Light Watkins

By Guru Jagat — 2018

Join Guru Jagat and Light Watkins, best-selling author of Bliss More and founder of the SHINE movement, in a mega conversation on meditation, the epic nature of the mind, and living in consciously within the bustle of the real world.

41:58 min

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Meditation