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When spiritual study increases rather than soothes anxiety

I started studying Hindu cosmology to feel more connected to something eternal and now I just feel tiny and insignificant and more anxious than before.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your search for transcendent meaning has backfired into existential overwhelm instead of the peace you sought.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Hindu cosmic time cycles — yugas?”

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