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When religious vows feel like spiritual imprisonment

I have been celibate as a Jain monk for eight years but lately I dream about my life before and wake up feeling like I am living someone else's spiritual path.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The soul questions whether chosen constraints have become a cage that prevents rather than enables spiritual growth.

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