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info_outlineIn this episode, our Teacher of the Month Jeff Warren guides you through a meditation practice inspired by Zen and the Diamond Sutra: “Don’t Know Mind.”
Sometimes the need to know—certainty about what’s true, what’s coming next, or how things “should” be—can create tension, anxiety, and overthinking. The antidote? Letting go of that need, resting in curiosity and openness, and cultivating a mind that dwells nowhere.
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