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When spiritual experiences feel too brief to trust

I've been meditating for fifteen years and last week during sitting I felt something I can only call presence, but it lasted maybe ten seconds and now I'm obsessing over whether it was real.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fleeting nature of transcendent moments conflicts with our desire for permanent proof of the sacred's reality.

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