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Suyin Tan's avatar

Hi Zefan, I've appreciated being able to follow you on your journey since reading about your experience on the Camino, with my personal experience of having taken intentional time away from my corporate career too. Thank you for the thoughtful reflections and perspectives you've shared in this essay, and your invitation to us to do the same.

While studying yoga philosophy during my time out from work in 2022, I spent more time than I had until that point contemplating the significance of impermanence and attachment. One of the most significant attachments I've practised releasing so far is the attachment I had to my former professional identity as a signifier of my personal worth and value.

Similarly to you, I've also grown to question societal structures and institutions that inadvertently develop to take on a logic of their own, which more often than not are enforced at the expense of recognizing individual autonomy and inherent value without discrimination. I've found it most helpful for me to think about Buddhism as a personal philosophy and life practice from which we are free to discern and take only what resonates and supports us, as you've mentioned too. Lots more to continue reflecting on - thank you for writing and sharing!

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Alex Lewis's avatar

I’m happy I finally got to read this, thank you so much for including my essay! You’re actually living the coolest life right now, and I appreciate you letting us witness it. Hope you and the fam are hanging in there okay ❤️

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