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When modern comfort feels like spiritual betrayal

I feel guilty for having running water and electricity when my ancestors lived so simply, like I'm betraying something by being comfortable.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Material progress can create guilt about abandoning the austere conditions that shaped ancestral spiritual practices.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous spiritualities — Pacific?”

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