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Meditation isn’t specifically about happiness

Meditation isn’t specifically about happiness

Happiness is a likely side effect. It expands one’s freedom in a particular way, and this freedom can be used to pursue happiness and ease with much less trouble.

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I work on myself like my mechanic works on my car.

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