It would be rough to get back from retreat and have a social network of one's own making acting in the rôle of wrathful teacher. Jack: So I did some meditation, I think I'm getting OK at this. I'm getting so much work done because of my concentration. Twitter dot com: IDIOT!
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"How we can overcome spiritual materialism fully and properly, without just brushing it off as simply an undesirable consequence? How can we actually work with the tendencies toward spiritual and psychological materialism that exist in the world today?" Trungpa Rinpoche
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As gross as Jack's tech-bro capitalist redux of Goenka may well be, he's just an exaggerated example of a particular brand of materialism/s, but we all have our style of looking for safety/status/entertainment in the 'wrong places'.
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This, basically:https://twitter.com/byers90/status/1071745170788503552 …
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The only thing worse than his particular brand of materialism is the smugness of all us Very Smart/Spiritual People looking down our noses at his misguided attitude towards meditation. May
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Haha, yeah he just has to keep finding exposed nerves and poking at them. Dolla dollar bills y'all!
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I'm all for dunking on him. I tend to agree with your suggestion that his practice claims could hinder/harm other people, but then I'm pretty ignorant of the Goenka system.
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I’m just jealous of his bad ass resting heart rate and tolerance for insect bites.pic.twitter.com/NQ8uUzjA5s
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