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Why avoiding social reality fragments contemplative practice

Our mindfulness group has an unspoken rule that we do not talk about politics but my racial trauma is not separate from my spiritual practice and I feel like I have to choose between belonging and wholeness.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The attempt to create spiritual sanctuary is inadvertently creating spaces of privileged avoidance.

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