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When global suffering makes meditation feel selfish

Every time I meditate I get overwhelmed by climate anxiety and thoughts about how the world is ending and I can't find any peace in my practice anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The awakened heart cannot retreat from the world's pain, but must learn to be present with it without drowning.

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