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When your teacher pressures you to abandon worldly responsibilities

My meditation teacher wants me to give up my career and move to the ashram but I have student loans and aging parents who depend on me

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Authentic spiritual development requires integration with life circumstances rather than escape from legitimate duties and relationships.

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