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Widen the circle of non-harm

Begin with speech, which is where most people do most of their damage, and extend outward: to the people who are easy to be careless with, to animals, to the systems…

AHIMSA · NON-HARM

Begin with speech, which is where most people do most of their damage, and extend outward: to the people who are easy to be careless with, to animals, to the systems that produce what you use. The widening is gradual and it is never complete. What matters is the direction.

The practice

Trace one thing you consumed this week to its origin, honestly, and sit with what you find.

A question to carry

Whose cost is currently invisible to me, and would stay invisible if I did not look?

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