diff --git a/open letter to maitreya.md b/open letter to maitreya.md
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--- a/open letter to maitreya.md	
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@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 Glory be to the light of consciousness!
 
-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.
+As we thank you, [[Buddha]], for being in our past; so we thank you, [[Maitreya]], for being in our future -- which is potentially our present.
 
 Thank you for the [[light]] of your [[consciousness]]; thank you for the [[Bodhi]].