Yes it’s true, there are people who have spent time at the Monastic Academy and have experienced psychological challenges after leaving.
For me, I enjoyed the simplicity and the living in community and the meditation practice as you say. The training style at the Monastic Academy seemed to really really really work for me. There were tons of difficult moments, but underneath that I felt safe, actually, in a way that I don’t think I ever had before. That safety was really critical for me to face some deep doubts that I’d been carrying for a really long time.
But there are also people who have left Monastic Academy feeling very hurt.
I guess sometimes it’s good to push through doubt and pain in order to get to the other side, while other times it’s better to listen to doubt and pain because it’s telling you that something isn’t working for you.
I do think it’s worth finding somewhere that can provide deep sanctuary. I definitely did find that at the Monastic Academy. There are others who seem not to have.
Instead they spend their days performing mental gymnastics and writing about enigmas without getting anywhere, grasping at a sense of meaning, purpose, and connection that perpetually alludes them because they cannot meet with the suffering that is right in front of them and inside of them.
Hmm. Since you refer to “writing about enigmas without getting anywhere” and the title of the post is “three enigmas at the heart of our reasoning”, I understand this to be a critique of my character (?) or perhaps just a personal attack. Was that your intention?
Yes it’s true, there are people who have spent time at the Monastic Academy and have experienced psychological challenges after leaving.
For me, I enjoyed the simplicity and the living in community and the meditation practice as you say. The training style at the Monastic Academy seemed to really really really work for me. There were tons of difficult moments, but underneath that I felt safe, actually, in a way that I don’t think I ever had before. That safety was really critical for me to face some deep doubts that I’d been carrying for a really long time.
But there are also people who have left Monastic Academy feeling very hurt.
I guess sometimes it’s good to push through doubt and pain in order to get to the other side, while other times it’s better to listen to doubt and pain because it’s telling you that something isn’t working for you.
I do think it’s worth finding somewhere that can provide deep sanctuary. I definitely did find that at the Monastic Academy. There are others who seem not to have.
Hmm. Since you refer to “writing about enigmas without getting anywhere” and the title of the post is “three enigmas at the heart of our reasoning”, I understand this to be a critique of my character (?) or perhaps just a personal attack. Was that your intention?