SENIOR PROFILES
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whennull as a sophomorenull
nullourselfnull nullhenull donnullt nullust
tell nullou itnulls nullrongnullnull
she took the nulleligious
nullRan Wei
Enullperience course taught
by nullordan Elliott nullnullnull. nullhe
class studied the practices of Ran nulleinull nullo is
different faithsnull and nullan was
shonull nullith chaplain
fascinated by the interplay
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from nullhengnullunull nullhinanull
between religious enullperience
nuller hometonull is
and a personnulls worldnulliew.
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nullnullhether null belienulle in nullod
the epicenter of the
or notnull religion enullistsnull there manullor earthnulluake in
are people who belienulle in
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nullas not damagednull She
raised over a thounull
brain is cultinullated by taking
sand dollars at OES
religion classes and thinking
for relief effortsnull and
from that perspectinulle. nullt she spoke to people
helps me see a lot of things that rinuller. She wrote in her wiser than most people you
at nullrace Memorial
that null didnnullt see before.null papernull nullnullhis is a rinuller of my encounternullnull nullan said. nulllla
nullhurchnull nullo raised
another thousand
nullhe semester-long course imagination. null hanulle not seen told stories about her lifenull they
dollarsnull
ended before nullan had learned itnull nor do null know where it is. drank teanull they ate pie. nullan was
enullerything she wanted to know. nully task null is to find itnull feel reluctant to leanulle.
She was especially interested in its mysterious water running nullhe nenullt day she internulliewed
what she learned about people through my fingersnull and nullyogennull the nulluddhist teacher.
who hanulle mystical enullperiences. confirm its enullistence.null nullhe words he spoke were
nullho are these mystics and what nullannulls studies led her to the different from those spoken
is it they enullperiencenull she wanted philosophies of nullabbalistsnull by nullllanull but the underlying
to know. nulls the goal of their linulles nullasidicsnull Sufisnull nulluddhistsnull ideas were nullery similar. nulln
to hanulle mystical enullperiencesnull nullaoistsnull and Christians. nullut her papernull she wrotenull nullnulloth
nullan approached chaplain to confirm the enullistence of nulllla and nullyogen miniminulled
nullinull nullarlan-nullerlo and proposed mystical enullperiencenull nullan the importance of mysticismnull
doing an independent study on needed more than words on a thinking it is significant but not
the subject of mysticism. She page. She needed to talk with necessarynull and definitely not
and nullinull wrote up a contractnull mystics. nullinull connected her their nullgoal.null nullhe most important
and it was appronulled by the with nulllla nullenee nullonullarthnull an thing for themnull on the other
Curriculum Committee. nullinull Episcopal priest residing in handnull is to bring lonulle and
would assign readings and nullan Sandynull and nullordan Elliott nullnullnull compassion to othersnull and to
would write reflection papers introduced her to nullyogen linulle a fulfilled life.null
and then they would discuss Carlsonnull a nulluddhist teacher at nullan will continue her
them. nullor her final projectnull nullan nullharma nullain nullen Center in intellectual journey at nullellesley
would write a research paper. Portland. in the fallnull but she has found
nullrom her readingsnull nullan nullrom the moment nullan met the answer she was looking for
created a metaphor of mystical nullllanull she sensed that she was in her independent studynull nullt is
enullperience as the reflection different from other people. the moon that mattersnull not the
of the moon in a rinullernull and of nullShe is nullery easygoingnull rinuller.
mystics as drops of water in nullery funnynull but null think she is
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