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When you force transcendence instead of allowing it

I keep trying to have profound spiritual experiences while birding but mostly I just feel sweaty and frustrated.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The grasping mind cannot manufacture the very openness that allows genuine transcendence to occur.

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“Where Are You with Birdwatching as practice?”

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