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111 - Refining Energy
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We are sorry for the late updates recently. One of us is feeling under the weather, so progress had been quite slow. But she said she’s getting better, and we’re trying our best to give you the updates!
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Teacher Anna is a very nice teacher.
She explained everything one by one and made sure that everyone had their turn in asking question. The art of refining that she explained was pretty much what Carrola had explained, back then at the square. Although she was using more complicated words rather than Carrola, and it was quite hard to follow her in the first explanations. But after Jai asked her a few times about what she meant, she crafter her words into simpler ones that the others also understood immediately. Jai felt oddly satisfied, although a bit bad for the teacher because he interrupted so many times.
“So refining needs a lot of hard work. You have to meditate with greater focus, cultivating a hab
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