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When impermanence meditation increases attachment

I have been meditating on impermanence but instead of feeling peaceful about it I feel desperate to hold onto everything even tighter.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Contemplating the temporary nature of experience can intensify grasping rather than reduce it when fear dominates the practice.

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