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Why philosophical understanding fails us in moments of loss

I understand impermanence intellectually but when something I love changes or ends I still react with complete devastation.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Intellectual concepts about reality cannot substitute for the embodied capacity to meet change with presence.

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