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When spiritual practice creates psychic overwhelm

My meditation practice opened me to what feels like other people's emotions and thoughts and I don't know how to protect myself from this overwhelming sensitivity.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Contemplative development has dissolved healthy psychological boundaries, leaving the practitioner vulnerable to energetic intrusion rather than achieving greater clarity.

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