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 - an [[open letter]].
 
-Thank you, [[Buddha]], for being in our past.
+Glory be to the light of consciousness!
 
-Thank you, [[Maitreya]], for being in our future -- which is potentially our present.
+As we thank you, [[Buddha]], for being in our past; so we thank you, [[Maitreya]], for being in our future -- which is potentially what our present will become.
 
 Thank you for the [[light]] of your [[consciousness]]; thank you for the [[Bodhi]].