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This Michael Singer Teaching About Dealing with Emotional Upset Has Helped Me Immeasurably

This Michael Singer Teaching About Dealing with Emotional Upset Has Helped Me Immeasurably

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One thing I’ve learned in my years traveling the spiritual path is that a huge chunk of the benefits come not from doing practices that make us feel better, but from doing things that make us feel less bad.

For instance, meditation is something that generally makes us feel better, calmer.

Making the bad less bad

But certain ot…

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