Periagoge
Scenario

When friend groups turn memento mori practice into spiritual competition

Our friend group started doing annual 'memento mori retreats' where we reflect on mortality and set intentions, but it's become this competitive thing where people perform their death awareness and judge others for being too attached to material things. The original spirit of honest reckoning with impermanence has been lost and we don't know how to get it back.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Collective death awareness has devolved into performance and judgment rather than genuine contemplation.

Your guide for this
Laozi
Laozi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Stoic memento mori — remember you will die?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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