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The pressure of worldly duties awaiting his attention will try to insert itself into his mind and stay there, the strain of being punctual--like a good Occidental--in performing them will introduce impatience, unease, and even tension. Such feelings are quite destructive to the work of meditation.

-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 2 : Place and Condition > # 316