staying at a monastery for awhile is like an elimination diet but for civilization
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What problem are monasteries a solution to?
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it is less like this the more you’re on twitter while you’re at the monastery 😅 i stayed off during the silent retreats and spent a bunch of time in the nearby woods tho, that was lovely
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*maybe not civilization per se (monasteries are a part of it themselves) but most toxic elements/excesses of it. elimination diet from civilization would be going into total wilderness and isolation
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So I've begun to pretty earnestly start pondering this. Do you have any thoughts / insights?
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Should I join a monastery for two years instead of getting my Masters?
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monastery will probably make you a more interesting person. if you can negotiate down to lower than 2 years that would probably make it feel lower-stakes. i did a 3-month minimum with an option to continue that i didn't take
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