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When established practitioners encounter new spiritual approaches

I have been meditating alone for ten years and finally joined a group but their style is completely different and I feel like a beginner again.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Spiritual expertise in one tradition can become an obstacle to learning when encountering different contemplative methodologies.

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