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promo code Jones for one month free. I can't pinpoint the exact moment when I decided I had to follow Franklin Jones.

All I can say is that at some point it felt like I had no other choice.

I remember even being afraid that my parents would break up if I didn't join,

or that they'd send me away to boarding school.

My family also moved around a lot,

from Berkeley to Marin to San Francisco, to Marin to San Francisco,

then back to Marin.

We moved over a dozen times during my childhood, so we didn't really have a connection

to any one place, and I'm an only child. So as a kid, there were really three constants in my life, mom, dad, and Franklin Jones.

Once I decided I had to become a follower, I began asking my parents about their spiritual practice, for guidance on how to meditate with Jones.

And that summer, between 8th and 9th grade, I started reading all of the spiritual books on my parents'

shelves. I started to meditate, to listen to the tapes Jones made. I hope that by embracing my parents lifestyle, I'd get closer to them, and the truth is,

it worked.

Now my dad and I were into the same things, or I was into his things, he noticed me. I was finally

joining them on their quest. I love you, beloved. This is when I started writing

these letters to Franklin Jones.

I praise and awe and worship your all-knowing state.

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