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How note-taking mindset interferes with meditation

My meditation teacher said to notice thoughts without engaging them but I automatically start mentally composing how I will write about whatever arises and cannot seem to stop this narration habit.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The habitual impulse to transform experience into language prevents direct encounter with pre-verbal awareness and immediate presence.

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