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How spiritual transcendence can conflict with psychological health expectations

My anxiety completely disappears when I practice seeing this world as illusion but my family thinks I'm becoming detached from reality.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Effective spiritual practices that reduce suffering appear pathological to those invested in conventional reality.

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