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When spiritual teachings about grief conflict with the heart's truth

My Buddhist meditation teacher says attachment is suffering but I don't want to detach from missing my wife because that feels like betraying our love.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Religious frameworks that view grief as spiritual failure can create additional suffering for those whose love requires ongoing mourning.

Ideas that help explain it
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