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When mindfulness changes your relationship to activism

My activist friends think I'm getting too detached from the cause since I started meditating but I think I'm finally seeing clearly enough to help without burning out.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Contemplative practice can shift one's approach to social engagement in ways that appear like disengagement to others.

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