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When spiritual discipline harms the body

My period stopped when I was deep into spiritual practice and fasting and part of me felt proud like I was transcending my body but now I'm scared I damaged something.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to transcend physical reality can manifest as unconscious violence toward embodied existence.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Body as spiritual vessel across traditions?”

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