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+# confession
+
+- I consider myself a [[secular buddhist]].
+
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 # dear reader
 
-- I like to think of the [[agora]], quirky indented lists and all, in the tone of a confession to my dear readers.
+- I like to think of the [[agora]], quirky indented lists and all, in the tone of a [[confession]] to my dear readers.