During the years when I was involved with a group that taught meditation, I was fascinated by the fact that hard-core convicts could be rehabilitated to gentle and kindhearted people, simply by teaching them to meditate for 20 minutes twice a day. I vividly remember hearing the story of one inmate who was serving three life sentences (if that is humanly possible) at a maximum-security prison in California. I will refer to him as Nick here.

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