Tying Up Loose Ends

Day 13:

Some takeaways from recent revelations:
1. Trust your instincts and intuition. If a man skeeves you out, even a bit, keep your distance. This applies to spiritual teachers as well as acquaintances.

2. Research. If you’re going to a workshop or conference with powerful teachers, do some internet searching first to see what they’ve been up to.

3. Center the voices of women and girls, trans and gay folks, people of color, and poor people. If you are not in one (perhaps several) of those categories, sit back and listen.

4. Find teachers who are not white, male, rich, powerful, heteronormative. Be your own best teacher and guide. Seek community.

5. If that spiritual growth conference or panel is made up primarily of men, or of white people, or of straight people, be suspicious.

6. Scour your social media and to unfollow Deepak Chopra and others who had relationships with the abusers. Maybe while you’re at it, unfollow the influencers who have kept silent about their colleagues’ collusion with the pedophiles. Or write to them and ask them why they are not speaking out.

Today’s project: More rows on The Alone Together Poncho-Thing

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