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| ▲ | riffraff 2 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| FWIW, "lay monasteries" and hermitages exist, and there are some religious ones which are not strict about who wants to join, the Bose monastic community[0] comes to mind talking of christianity, but there's plenty for other religions. [0] https://www.monasterodibose.it/en/ |
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| ▲ | fhdkweig 21 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| There are still places like Slab City, California (the desert town with no laws). That kind of place is not for me though. I like neighbors who mind their own business, but I still need some amount of law and order. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City,_California |
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| ▲ | baxtr 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The place is called "the internet" today. |
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| ▲ | lukan 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| There are still plenty of religious cults out there if that is your thing, probably more than have ever been. Otherwise the "misfits" are nowdays also organizing themself to indeed fit somewhere and don't just accept to be outcasts. Sorry, but the whole concept of "place for people who don't fit" - is really not appropriate for monasteries in general. Because they have been very strict about who can fit. Only those who are fine with this special lifestyle and fixed rituals (and fixed hierachy and dogma). And most monks had to adopt to accept, whether they liked it or not, as the alternative was starving. |
