My meditation group has been talking about doing more community service together, but we keep getting stuck on whether our good intentions actually matter if we're also posting about it on social media and feeling good about ourselves. Half of us think sharing our volunteer work inspires others, and the other half thinks we're just accumulating spiritual ego points, and now our weekly sits feel tense.
More people experience this than they realize.
A spiritual community is wrestling with the tension between genuine compassionate action and the subtle ways ego can infiltrate even well-intentioned service.
“Where Are You with Buddhist merit and the ripple of good action?”
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.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.