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Is Contemplation Dangerous?

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Carl McColman
Jan 20, 2016
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Contemplation: is it the key to happiness — or a path to holiness? Is contemplation dangerous? Some people think so.

This past weekend I read a book that has given me some food for thought on this subject. The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Change You? is by Miguel Farias and Catherine Wikholm, two psychologists in England who study the idea that practices …

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