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“You don’t need a temple. You are one. The breath, the ache, the memory that rises unbidden — this is where grief bows. The one who walks the Way does not search for the sacred in stone or scripture. They feel it stir when the wind shifts. They feel it open in the tremble of a song.”

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Book:The Tao of Grief

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