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"And so, less than two hours after ending his silent retreat, Thorson logged back onto Twitter." Like breaking a long fast by binging on candy.

• ykevinator 6y ago
  Right, and if youre doing a Buddhist retreat just so you can tell everyone about it, you're doing it wrong
  • aezakmi 6y ago
    That's usually the purpose, accompanied by a link to a self published book.
  • logicprog 6y ago
    Well, at least in modern western society, that usually is the end goal...
  • exabyte 6y ago
    it's all part of the process
• whateveracct 6y ago
  "You may have noticed I haven't tweeted in a while. That's because I've been on a silent retreat for 75 days. Let's talk about the experience and how it's changed my opinions on capitalism. (1/17)"
• contravariant 6y ago
  To be fair pretty much every fasting tradition that I know off tends to end that way.
  • me_me_me 6y ago
    Depending on length and type of fast this might be a dangerous practice.