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C page, sub 6 Concepts 32

October 22, 2025

[T]he ‘harm’ is once again minimised…to ‘a feeling of harm’, not an actual harmful event. This seems to me to be gaslighting in action.”

Although there is data supporting the positive effects of meditation, the scientific literature is murkier than some champions of practice would like to believe, and the possibility of negative outcomes...

C page, sub 3, Comm of CARE 6

October 22, 2025

There’s a middle way: care about others, care about self. Care about others, care about self.”

C page, sub 3, Comm of CARE 7

October 22, 2025

While I don’t feel that I lack genuine respect for the Dharma and Zen and compassion for all who practice it, no doubt many will find my lack of deference...

C page, sub 4, Comm of dHARMa 1

October 22, 2025

My former spiritual community refers to itself as a community of kindness. More accurately, and sadly, it is a community of blindness.”

C page, sub 4, Comm of dHARMa 2

October 22, 2025

I think it’s also important to point out that the degree to which people heal or don’t heal largely depends on the skillfulness or unskillfulness of the community in relating...