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Meditation Master: Saint Francis de Sales on Stress
In this meditation, I return to one of our meditation masters, Saint Francis de Sales, and his wonderfully practical teaching about stress and contemplative practice.
Francis de Sales famously taught that a period of meditation each day is essential — unless we are extremely busy, in which case we need even more meditation. Behind the gentle humour is an important truth: when stress and anxiety increase, the practices that keep us grounded are often the first things we abandon.
We begin by honestly recognising how we arrive to meditation. If we are busy, anxious or overwhelmed, we do not try…
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