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When spiritual texts become compulsive consumption

I found a translation of Attar's Conference of the Birds and I can't stop reading it, missing work and staying up all night, like I'm addicted to something that's supposed to be holy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The ego co-opts even sacred material, turning nourishment into another form of spiritual materialism.

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