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When spiritual metaphors do not match internal experience

My meditation teacher says to imagine myself as flowing water but I feel more like a stagnant pond and I do not know if that means I am doing it wrong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between prescribed imagery and authentic inner landscape reveals the difference between performance and practice.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Water — rivers lakes oceans?”

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