He unloaded several magazines, and had the calm presence of mind to fix the rifle after it jammed.

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"Lee didn't get into a flap when he found this bird and had the calm of mind to pick it up and bring it to us, " he said.

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Both of these help to calm and focus the mind.

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The trick, said Yanna Muru, is to clear and calm your mind to build a bridge into the spirit world.

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But it was only through continuous dialogue -- at the dinner table with friends who could advise us, and using calm voices in the bedroom with one another, and keeping an open mind on the couch at the therapist's office -- that we were able to find a way to make our familial cultures meet in the middle at our mutual American one.

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Returning to the resort just in time for a morning Thai massage, my mind and body were relaxed and calm.

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