You do not lose any meditating skill if you leave your path. However, you do lose all progress in the path and any path powers you have gained.
You must wait 24 hours before switching to another path after leaving another.
===Path Leaders===
;You still need to let your recent progress sink in for a few hours / several hours / days / more than a week / a few weeks. :Appears at the end of a successful meditation. You get this message after meditating on a special tile if you are following a path but must still wait until the next path question.
;You recently left a cult and need to contemplate the changes for another 23 hours and 55 minutes before embarking on a new philosophical journey. :Appears after leaving a path. You must wait 24 hours before switching meditation paths.
=== Waiting Messages ===