English, 25.09.2021 20:20 jeanniebyrd54

Which quotation supports the inference that meditation can be difficult to learn and practice? “People came looking for 20 minutes of peace before an afternoon of meetings and ideas passed back and forth in rapid-fire fashion.” (paragraph 7)
“People came looking for 20 minutes of peace before an afternoon of meetings and ideas passed back and forth in rapid-fire fashion.” (paragraph 7)

“‘(Escape is) what brings most people to meditation,’ said Verano. ‘I want to get out of the rat race. I need a break from all of this stuff, this workaday world. Please promise me there’s something else beyond this stuff.’” (paragraph 8)
“‘(Escape is) what brings most people to meditation,’ said Verano. ‘I want to get out of the rat race. I need a break from all of this stuff, this workaday world. Please promise me there’s something else beyond this stuff.’” (paragraph 8)

“Langley disciples called meditation an ‘off switch,’ though that implies a conscious effort to turn the mind off, then turn it back on. Verano prefers the word ‘tool.’” (paragraph 10)
“Langley disciples called meditation an ‘off switch,’ though that implies a conscious effort to turn the mind off, then turn it back on. Verano prefers the word ‘tool.’” (paragraph 10)

“‘What we’re fighting against is…thousands of years of being trained to lean toward the thinking mind; of cognitive creatures having to always be doing something,’ he said.” (paragraph 11)

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