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MY THOUGHTS: Very insightful. There're 2 opposing views with regard to continuing or discontinuing meditation. One view is that we have to continue it life-long because we might lose our sense of inner peace. Sam Harris promotes this idea and says he has been practicing meditation for more than 20 years. The other view is that once the satori state, which some people call nirvana, is reached, we come to know the inner peace that has always existed in the mind though it was clouded by life's psychological stresses. However, even if you have experienced and come to know about the existence of the satori state of mind, people's opinions differ regarding whether to continue with meditation or not. I guess it depends on the individual person's choice depending on how his/her mind works.
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