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Why understanding meditation intellectually blocks actual practice

I can write brilliant essays about mindfulness but when I actually try to meditate my mind becomes more agitated than when I started.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Conceptual knowledge about contemplative practices can become a subtle form of resistance to the direct experience they are meant to facilitate.

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