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Why meditation feels impossible with intrusive thoughts

Every time I try to meditate my brain floods me with the worst possible images and I cannot sit still for even five minutes.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The practice of stillness has initially amplified the mind's resistance patterns, revealing the depth of its habitual agitation.

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