If you're an Atheist, what comforts you?

[Angrboda]

I noticed that a number of you suggest meditation.
That is mostly bizarre because through meditation you reach the stage in which God is within and you are that entity.

Evidence or GTFO.

[Cod]

I noticed that a number of you suggest meditation.
That is mostly bizarre because through meditation you reach the stage in which God is within and you are that entity.

Very strange suggestion indeed considering that is coming from atheists.  

They mentioned meditation not medication.

[vulcanlogician]

What brings you comfort when life is hard?

[Little Rik]

I noticed that a number of you suggest meditation.
That is mostly bizarre because through meditation you reach the stage in which God is within and you are that entity.

Evidence or GTFO.

Is a pity that your time as a yogini was all about concentrating on butterflies rather than within.
Within your self.  
If you would have taken the thing seriously you would know what I am talking about.
Never mind dear.
Try again.  
Maybe in the next life.  

[vulcanlogician]

Is a pity that your time as a yogini was all about concentrating on butterflies rather than within.
Within your self.  
If you would have taken the thing seriously you would know what I am talking about.
Never mind dear.
Try again.  
Maybe in the next life.  

And might I say, Rik, that as a yogi, you seem to be rather attached to the idea that the people on this forum need to believe in your god concept.

[Angrboda]

What brings you comfort when life is hard?

And here I thought life was all about finding comfort in something hard....

[Cod]

What brings you comfort when life is hard?

And here I thought life was all about finding comfort in something hard....

Cough cough…

[Little Rik]

Is a pity that your time as a yogini was all about concentrating on butterflies rather than within.
Within your self.  
If you would have taken the thing seriously you would know what I am talking about.
Never mind dear.
Try again.  
Maybe in the next life.  

And might I say, Rik, that as a yogi, you seem to be rather attached to the idea that the people on this forum need to believe in your god concept.

Don't you think that most people are attached to their own ideas?
Atheists too try to have the last word so where is the problem?  

[Whateverist]

Any book that helps me escape everyday pressures and pain is a good book. My personal tastes might be different than yours but here are few I've read recently:
In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Hariri
Any book by Junot Diaz

I've just put holds Sapiens and In the Darkroom. I enjoyed the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao; what else has he written that you liked?

I've read this poem over and over when I've been going through bad times. At one point I was reading it so much I almost knew it by heart. And there are lots of other great poems out there waiting to be discovered by those of us who need a boost.

The Journey by Mary Oliver

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,  
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble  
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voice behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life that you could save.

Nice.

[vulcanlogician]

Don't you think that most people are attached to their own ideas?
Atheists too try to have the last word so where is the problem?  

Sure. I just thought that one of a yogi's goals was to be indifferent to such things.

With no desire for success,
no anxiety about failure,
indifferent to results, he burns up
his actions in the fire of wisdom.

Surrendering all thoughts of outcome,
unperturbed, self-reliant,
he does nothing at all, even
when fully engaged in actions.

There is nothing that he expects,
nothing that he fears. Serene,
free from possessions, untainted,
acting with the body alone,

content with whatever happens,
unattached to pleasure or pain,
success or failure, he acts
and is never bound by his action.

When a man has let go of attachments,
when his mind is rooted in wisdom,
everything he does is worship
and all his actions melt away.