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When meditation reveals the mind's chaotic nature

I've been trying to practice presence like the mystics teach but my mind won't stop racing, and I'm starting to think I'm just not cut out for this spiritual stuff.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The seeker encounters the untrained mind's resistance and mistakes this normal obstacle for personal spiritual failure.

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