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I cannot recommend group meditations. The presence of so many other persons interferes with his own concentration. This is not only because they introduce unnecessary noises of movement and coughing and fidgeting but also because they introduce psychic distractions through the impact of their auras.
-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 2 : Place and Condition > # 135