Meditation is really the search for a feeling. If you’ve ever had a moment—maybe you’ve got headphones on, you’re listening to music, you’re staring out the window, or maybe your eyes are closed but you’re not asleep—and for just that moment there is nothing but that moment. There are no bills you’re worried about paying, there are no fraught conversations you’re replaying in your mind, there are no concerns of what came before or what comes next; that’s the feeling I’m aiming to conjure when I meditate. I’ve always thought of it as a portal to the most comfortable room in the house, the one
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