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Six months without posting about yoga taught me more than any retreat.

Trungpa showed I was using yoga to build identity, not transcend it.

Have you ever caught yourself performing spirituality instead of practicing it?

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#spiritualmaterialism #chogyamtrungpa #personalgrowth

I wasn't deepening my practice. I was building a résumé.

Each retreat, each teacher became a badge. 'I studied in Rishikesh' said with that mix of humility and pride.

What spiritual experiences have you collected without really integrating?

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#spiritualgrowth #selfawareness #consciousness
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Wellness culture taught me every problem has a solution, and that nearly broke me.

Five steps to enlightenment. I tried to solve myself.

Have you felt this exhaustion from trying to 'fix' yourself spiritually?

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#spiritualmaterialism #innerwork #honestpractice
#personalgrowth #selfawareness #mindfulness

Wellness culture taught me every problem has a solution, and that nearly broke me.

Five steps to enlightenment. I tried to solve myself.

Have you felt this exhaustion from trying to 'fix' yourself spiritually?

#wellnessculture #spirituality #authenticity
#spiritualmaterialism #innerwork #honestpractice
#personalgrowth #selfawareness #mindfulness

I wasn't deepening my practice. I was building a résumé.
Each retreat, each teacher became a badge. 'I studied in Rishikesh' said with that mix of humility and pride.What spiritual experiences have you collected without really integrating?#spiritualmaterialism #authenticpractice#spiritualgrowth #selfawareness #consciousness#yoga #meditation #spirituality

Peak Capitalism.

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Putting wings on a caterpillar does not make it a butterfly…

Shiv Sengupta

Shiv is a lone but wise voice in the so-called spiritual industry. I always enjoy the way he punctures what Ordinary Mind Zendo’s Barry Magid calls our ‘curative fantasies’.

He reminds us, above all, of the full breadth and depth of our humanity – everything included, nothing left out.

I’m suspicious of claims of ‘our true nature’ good or bad, but particularly when it is stated as fact that fundamentally ‘we are love.’

Unless you’re in the depths of delusion or simply not being honest with yourself, this is just a delightful (curative) fantasy.

https://whatisherenow.art.blog/2024/11/05/309/

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I’m fascinated by the visual tropes of spiritual materialism which almost always accompany or illustrate books, blogs, talks, retreats etc.

The visual language employed is mostly confined to some variation of pristine nature, evoking purity, clarity, beauty, colour and, above all, light. Lots of light. Sunrises, sunsets, the colour spectrum refracted through drops of dew, perfectly smooth polished stones, light reflected off mill pond still water.

All this beauty and perfection seems to perpetuate the myth of the spiritual goal as some eternally bright place out there somewhere in which we can dwell if we just follow this or that method.

Anyone who has really practiced any form of spiritual meditation, inquiry or contemplation for a significant period of time can attest to the vast spectrum of experience that constitutes one’s ongoing practice. To deny or avoid the inevitable and necessary murk and darkness is to deceive oneself and others. It is literally the case that without the dark there is no light.

Of all the traditions, I have always found myself drawn to Zen and its associated art seems entirely appropriate. Simple, ordinary and modest. Promising nothing yet evoking the inevitability of the present moment – whatever, however that may be.

This refreshing book cover avoids most of the usual clichés.

I love the title for a start. The only gaffe is the circular rainbow motif but I appreciate the rest of the image – ordinary, everyday, and relatable.

Practice includes everything, nothing left out. If we are honest we can come to accept the entirety of our life which, if we’re being truthful, rarely features an impossibly radiant sunset or mirror still water, even metaphorically.

https://whatisherenow.art.blog/2024/10/17/187/

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A wonderful meditation on the awe of being a human animal on this wonderful planet of ours.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conspirituality/id1515827446?i=1000618172137

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“If we are motivated by spiritual materialism on the path, promises are used like a carrot in front of a donkey, luring him into all kinds of journeys. In transcending spiritual materialism, there is no goal. The goal exists in every moment of our life situation, in every moment of our spiritual journey.” Chögyam Trungpa #SpiritualMaterialism