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" Join a Bikram-flow-yoga, Flywheel, or Pilates class so you can find spiritual oneness amid grunting socialite moms. Do whatever you want. Just, please, for the love of God, stop talking about it. "

Mary H.K. Choi

God

Love

Spiritual

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I Am

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Nothing

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