Meditation is not the construction of something foreign, it is not an effort to attain and then hold on to a particular experience. We may have a secret desire that through meditation we will accumulate a stockpile of magical experiences, or at least a mystical trophy or two, and then we will be able to proudly display them for others to see. β¨ How Doing Nothing Can Help You Truly Live by Sharon Salzberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 24, 2010.
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