# Why You Slip Back, and Why That's Fine
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The gap between the practice session and the rest of the day
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# The Reader and the Cloud
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The storehouse not the storekeeper
# Why Trying Harder Stops Working
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Most people who take up a contemplative practice — whether meditation, prayer, twelve-step work, therapy, yoga, or anything that asks them to become a better human being — start with a fuel that burns very hot and very cleanly for a while. The fuel is aspiration.