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Why you still lose your temper despite years of meditation

I can access deep states of peace during meditation but I still lose my temper with my children every single day and I feel like a hypocrite

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Contemplative realization has not yet penetrated the automatic reactive patterns of parental stress and family dynamics.

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