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Why meditation becomes mechanical instead of meaningful

I have been doing simran meditation for ten years but this week every time I repeat the holy names I think about my grocery list instead and I feel like I am losing my spiritual center.

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The mind's wandering during sacred practice triggers fear that spiritual discipline has devolved into empty repetition.

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