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When online spiritual communities struggle with digital relationship dynamics

Our online sangha has been meeting through video calls for two years but the digital format is creating weird power dynamics and some people dominate while others disappear and we can't figure out how to cultivate genuine community through screens.

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Virtual contemplative communities face unique challenges in maintaining the equality and presence that traditional sangha requires, revealing how technology shapes spiritual relationship.

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