She Is Still a Community Member

In 2020, a guest named Hannah stayed at the California center in the Monastic Academy network for a few weeks. The following year, she started a defamation campaign against the organization and its Head Teacher, Soryu Forall. Our reputation plummeted and fewer trainees, collaborators, and funders were willing to come into relationship with us.

When discussing this event with Forall, I mentioned that a large number of people had left our community. He pointed out that few people had left due to these events, only one or two. I realized he was right.

Forall said that one of our community members (Hannah) had helped us a great deal by spending months writing an elaborate post in order to keep people away from the Monastic Academy who believe what they read on the internet. I was surprised to realize it was Hannah he was referring to, as not only a member of the community, but also a helpful one! And I realized this was true, because now our group of trainees is more clear about the training, less confused by delusions of the world, stronger in our hearts, more mature regarding the world, and more aligned in our purpose.