Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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“If I go really deep into my spiritual practice, it takes time away from mundane things that I need to do and that suffers. But when I go back into the business stuff, then spiritual stuff suffers. How to balance this tension in a way that doesn't water things down on either side?”

Spiritual practice is often associated with letting go. But does that mean letting go of flourishing relationships, finances, and bettering the world?

Shamil Chandaria, PhD, is a meditation researcher and thought leader in consciousness studies with academic ties to Oxford, Cambridge, and Imperial College London, and an advisor to Google's Deep Mind.

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