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When spiritual practice groups lack shared understanding

Our meditation group has been practicing together for two years but lately there's been tension about whether we should include more teaching or stay silent, and whether we're Buddhist or just using Buddhist techniques. Some people want structure and others want freedom and we've never actually discussed what we're doing together.

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A community practicing together discovers that silent agreement about method masked deep disagreements about purpose and meaning.

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