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Why you feel worse after an intensive meditation retreat

I sat a ten-day silent retreat last month and had profound insights but now I am back in regular life and feel more confused and disconnected than before

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intensive spiritual experiences create temporary states that highlight the gap between peak realization and ordinary consciousness.

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