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When sacred duties become mindless routine

I clean our home fire temple every morning but yesterday I caught myself going through the motions without any reverence and I worried that I am becoming spiritually dead inside.

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The repetition meant to cultivate devotion has instead created a mechanical emptiness that threatens the soul's aliveness.

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