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Really loved this piece. It’s a splash of cold water, both refreshing and invigorating. Spirituality won’t wish away the widening gap, nor the deadened souls of so many no matter now many ceremonial cacao drinks are inhaled. Can spiritual work be made practical? Feed the hungry? Roof the homeless? Liberate the addicted? When did our own self-absorption become the focus rather than building stronger, vibrant communities in which everyone thrives? We obviously have to start with self, but then where to? Clearly for a couple of billionaires with money to burn, it’s space.

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Thank you for your level-headedness!

Susanne, Zurich, Switzerland

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Really well done. I came to you three recently, but I was troubled by the same issues. The pandemic really magnified everything. Thank you for recognizing this cancer on the alt-wellness movement. Now please do something on "life coaches." LOL

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This is a hilarious and twisted version of what the Spiritual Concierge is actually about. But then… that wouldn’t serve your agenda to create divisiveness and to be a bully, would it? Throwing a pandemic, skid row, and whatever real world problems into your toxic soup of hate is just a way to completely avoid a deeper layer of what is actually quite positive. Is it positive to make wellness practices available to others? YES. Does working with one economic group of people and receiving fair compensation for that PRECLUDE doing a lot of good works with and for others? NO. NO. NO. IT DOES NOT. The purpose of the concierge service is NOT to charge exorbitant prices for ceremonies — the purpose is to connect people — if that benefits indigenous practitioners who in turn can support their families with their work, that’s a good thing. I am the person prominently featured in that article — I am not an indigenous practitioner— but I am honored to be of service and to help the indigenous community in any way that I can. You can throw arrows all you like but you don’t know anything at all about this initiative or the good it can do — not for wealthy clients, not even for me, but for the practitioners whose families will have a roof over their head or the cultural centers in the Amazon that are being supported. Think beyond your superficial knowledge and your black and white mentality. Looking for the negative in things will give you just that — negativity. Try looking for the good in things & in people. There’s not ONE PERSON in this initiative that is trying to profit off of this — I give my services for free to people ALL THE TIME because it’s my honor to share in any way that I can. My wish is that you would stop twisting something to gain sensationalistic attention for your podcast. Peace ✌🏽

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