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Volker Dencks

Volker Dencks

Wednesday, 16 February 2011 14:48

We all love chocolate. Or do we?

I was sitting in a café having lunch with a friend I had not seen for a long time. By the time our desserts arrived we had updated each other on all the usual facts of our lives. He knew that I had been practicing meditation for a few years and suddenly, just as we received a warm fondant au chocolat he sprung on me the big ‘WHY?

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