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Author: Matthew Hahn

Writer, lecturer, dharma brother, union man | Former prisoner, current advocate | Alright dude
Posted on February 8, 2022February 9, 2022

Safe Harbor

If my prison story isn’t in service to something transformative, I am not interested in sharing it. Mine is a path of transformation and of love.

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Posted on December 29, 2021December 29, 2021

How To Human, Episode 66

Matthew Hahn has been many things in his lifetime. A career criminal and drug addict, a selfless man of courage, a convict, a devout Buddhist, a recovered drug addict, and a loving husband and friend.

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Posted on June 7, 2021September 10, 2021

I Turned Up The Music Because I’m Dying

As the teenagers passed in front of my truck, I rolled the windows down and turned up the “Ill Communication”. Don’t act like you’ve never done this before.

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Posted on April 19, 2021April 20, 2021

What We Mean By Suffering: A Recovery Dharma Topic

Suffering is built into the fabric of life and there is a certain amount of it that’s completely unavoidable. We don’t need to personalize it.

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Posted on January 3, 2021January 3, 2021

Mindfulness Of Elements: A Recovery Dharma Topic

As one breathes in and out with careful attention, one may simply note the varying sensations of breath as soft or hard, wet or dry, cool or warm, and moving or still.

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Posted on December 28, 2020December 28, 2020

Wanting To Kill Myself: Craving For Annihilation

My response to suicidal ideation was that there must’ve been something severely wrong with me. That I was broken.

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Posted on December 24, 2020December 28, 2020

Mindfulness Of Breath: A Recovery Dharma Topic

When the mind gets lost in thought, we gently note the distraction as whatever it may be and then return our attention to the sensation of breathing.

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Posted on December 23, 2020January 23, 2021

Burn With Me, My Sisters: A Reflection On Grief

My grief was none other than love that I didn’t want to feel. Love that was so great it felt too dangerous to allow out.

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