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When meditation reveals uncomfortable truths about yourself

I started meditating to be calmer but now I feel more aware of how angry and petty I am all the time and I hate what I'm seeing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The practice of self-observation can initially intensify awareness of one's shadow qualities before integration occurs.

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