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The mindless embrace of spiritual narcissism

The mindless embrace of spiritual narcissism

Eastern movements which supposedly reduce the ego actually cause it to swell. Who knew?

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Melanie Phillips
Dec 29, 2020
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Echo and Narcissus; John William Waterhouse, 1903

I was particularly interested in a report in the morning’s Times about a study by Dutch researchers into practices such as mindfulness and meditation. 

The study, which is published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, says that practices like these which are supposed to make people less judgmenta…

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