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First, there are very preliminary reports that  a person fired shots from an AK-47  adjacent to Donald Trump's golf course in Florida, and was arrested.  No one, including Trump, was injured.  This is now a second attempt on his life.  He must now be totally spooked. Today, something spiritual and cool.  You can believe all you want that there is a Heaven, but you'll never know if you will actually get there until you die.  Then, if there is no Heaven, that belief, while in vain, at least comfortably allows you to pass in a hopeful state of mind.  There is immense psychological value, relative to my fear of entering a perpetual state of nothingness.  Except I'm trying to strengthen other thoughts, such as eternal peace.  So  Imagine . What I'm leading to, though, is a state of mind you can enhance while you are still alive.  I just read an article in  Time  magazine,  The Pursuit of Happiness: My Week at the Buzzy Meditation Retreat That Promises Bliss on Demand, or Nic