I love that @jack did a 10-day Vipassana retreat and also his product and company are literally the most antithetical experience in the entire world to everything that Vipassana retreats stand for.https://twitter.com/jack/status/1071575088695140353 …
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This isn’t an expensive retreat. It’s potentially free but they ask for voluntary donations. People who have done retreats before come back to serve later.
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I wouldn’t choose to broadcast something like this after a retreat, but at the same time, if he makes more people aware of 10-day retreats generally, I don’t think that’s a bad thing.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @dataandpolitics and
I did this in the early days + also judged my sits as good and bad, which is just craving vs. aversion. Sharing about retreat is when ego mixes with the desire to introduce a tool to end suffering to others. Vipassana's true benefits come when we stop using intoxicants + just sit
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Chögyam Trungpa wrote a book on this entitled “Spiritual Materialism” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_materialism …
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