A Buddhist Meditation to Release the Past.

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4 min readMar 29

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The past is an integral part of our lives.

Everything that we experience right now, at this moment, will become the past. And when the moment fades away, its outcome stays with us. If the memory was pleasant, we yearn to repeat it. If it was bad, we fear reliving it.

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