Periagoge
Scenario

When meditation triggers overwhelming awareness of historical mortality

My meditation teacher says to focus on the present but every time I sit still I think about all the people who lived and died before me and I feel this crushing weight of impermanence that makes breathing hard.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Deepening awareness can initially amplify rather than dissolve the mind's tendency to create suffering through identification with temporal phenomena.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Philosophy of history?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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