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Why I meditate - by Kasra - Bits of Wonder

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sitting in silence for hours: path to liberation, or giant waste of time?

Madame Monet Sitting on a Sofa by Claude Monet Everyone is on the brink of going insane. I’m exaggerating a bit, but really not that much. People are anxious, depressed, and dissociated, or at best they’re on the cusp of becoming so. I wrote earlier about how having been depressed once, you’re always aware of the specter of falling back into it, and you use little things to help you stay afloat, like reading textbooks. Meditation is another one of those anchors for me. I start most days with somewhere between 45-80 minutes of sitting meditation, and I frequently experience states of bliss…

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