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| CBC Radio LoadedProfessor Justin McDaniel’s course, Living Deliberately: Monks, Saints, and the Contemplative Life — affectionately known as “Monk class” — pushes students to live an ascetic life and culminates in 30 days with no speaking, no technology and no touching.During Professor Justin McDaniel's course, Living Deliberately, students must commit to 30 days of restrictions — no talking, no technology and no touching.
That means no speaking, no technology, no meat or alcohol and no touching others. Students aren't even allowed to make eye contact with others. They are allowed to send handwritten letters. "There's no carpet in the hallway," McDaniel said, noting that it's about assessing how present a student is in their life.
"I just start laughing because I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, this is life. This is what it means to live,'" she said. "I wanted to really deeply understand why people … go to these lengths for the sake of a belief," she said.In a constantly connected and materialistic world, the desire for a course like Living Deliberately signals a yearning for spirituality, says Jennifer Bright.
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