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When concentration works everywhere except in meditation

I can focus perfectly at work for eight hours but the moment I sit to meditate my mind becomes completely chaotic

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Task-oriented focus differs fundamentally from the receptive awareness that meditation requires.

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