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> we were cutting bits of people's brains out and electrocuting them in some cases. in other cases not. see also: monasticism, healthy spiritual/religious pra

• tombh 8y ago
  indeed. in fact i got into psychotherapy via meditation, which is actually my preferred therapeutic practice.
• Noos 8y ago
  ...monasticism was never healthy. I really defy someone to read the Rule of Saint Benedict and not think of a modern prison at least once. Monasticism is even considered spiritually dangerous at times, and is linked to its own specific sin, Acedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acedia I recommend Kathleen Harris's The Noonday Demon for a good account of that. If anything, monastic life would destroy you if you suffered from depression, not heal you.