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Why loving-kindness practice doesn't change social behavior

I can drop into deep states of compassion during loving-kindness meditation but I gossip about my coworkers every lunch break and hate myself for it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Cultivated states of goodwill haven't penetrated the unconscious social conditioning that drives interpersonal dynamics.

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