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When teaching others undermines personal practice

I can explain the benefits of meditation to skeptics convincingly but I have not sat in three months because nothing feels like it works anymore

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Articulating benefits for others can drain the mystery and personal motivation that sustains individual contemplative engagement.

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