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We realize how dangerous and painful life is if we don’t open up. We know we have to do it. And as soon as we start to try, we realize immediately that there is no way that we could ever do this alone, because opening up means opening to what’s around us, to others, to the world, and to our radical connectedness.

By Norman Fischer
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Norman Fischer is an American poet and Soto Zen Buddhist priest who has been practicing for more than three decades. He is the founder of the Everyday Zen Foundation and a longtime leader and teacher at the San Francisco Zen Center.

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