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When I missed the physical body of my partner, I meditated on its parts, tossed by the waves, torn, dispersed, and deteriorated. When memories of our lives together became acute and intense, I breathed. I breathed through each wave of yearning, of regret, of guilt, of what-could-have-been. Every time I asked him, __here are you?_ A quiet voice immediately responded, __ am here. I have never left you._ I did not only lose a partner. I lost my childhood all over again. I lost my soul mate. I lost the accepting father and the gentle mother that he was to me. I lost the dream of a __ormal life,_ which I had tried so hard to achieve. Now I had to face my own mind.
Dang Nghiem Healing: A Woman's Journey from Doctor to Nun
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When I missed the physical body of my partner, I meditated on its parts, tossed by the waves, torn, dispersed, and deteriorated. When memories of our lives together became acute and intense, I breathed. I breathed through each wave of yearning, of regret, of guilt, of what-could-have-been. Every time I asked him, __here are you?_ A quiet voice immediately responded, __ am here. I have never left you._ I did not only lose a partner. I lost my childhood all over again. I lost my soul mate. I lost the accepting father and the gentle mother that he was to me. I lost the dream of a __ormal life,_ which I had tried so hard to achieve. Now I had to face my own mind.
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Healing: A Woman's Journey from Doctor to Nun

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