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How to justify contemplative practice in a suffering world

My teenage daughter asked me why I spend so much time in silent prayer when there's so much suffering in the world, and I couldn't give her a good answer.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The apparent passivity of inner work conflicts with the call to active compassion, requiring integration of being and doing.

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