# Ritual Sustains Spiritual Practice

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Podcast: [Buddhism Beyond Belief with Susan Piver](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buddhism-beyond-belief-with-susan-piver-7581346)
Published: 2026-05-15T09:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I explore why spiritual practice becomes sustainable through ritual, not force. I share the story of a month-long meditation retreat where I discovered an unexpected sense of ease in both meditation and writing, and how that experience led me to begin teaching meditation and writing retreats myself. I also introduce the first principle from my new book, Inexplicable Magic: Meditation for Mystics: We engage in daily ritual. Through the Buddhist teaching ...

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