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When your mystical path feels too ordinary

I keep reading about contemplatives who had visions and supernatural experiences, but my prayer feels ordinary and quiet, just breathing and being still, and I wonder if I'm missing something.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The expectation of extraordinary phenomena can blind the seeker to the profound simplicity of pure awareness itself.

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