RE: Atheism and monasticism?
August 5, 2017 at 12:03 pm
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2017 at 12:04 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 4, 2017 at 7:02 pm)ComradeMeow Wrote: Well, could it be a thing?
I always had a great fondness for the concept of monasticism and I enjoy being alone due to my high anxiety and abrupt introversion which annoys people to no end. The thought of hiding yourself away from the world only to develop yourself and perfect your own wisdom in literature and spirit is something that has always appealed to me. I like to read books and be left alone from the world mostly because it causes me mild depression and ruins my empathy. As I have gotten older and become more apathetic towards people the concept of monasticism seems very interesting even for a grimy dude like myself.
Has anyone else thought about monasticism for atheists?
If so, why do you think it would benefit us nonreligious and how could it benefit others if possible?
A bit of an idealized notion of monasticism. They also secluded themselves to perfect the art of brewing, t-beam architecture, and machine automation....but mostly because they had no other prospects or abilities or were emotionally or physically damaged.
Ultimately, monasticism as a paradigm for any of those things only ade sense when a person -had- to seclude themselves in a monastary in order to spend inordinate amounts of time developing some skill or talent, or just enjoying the peace and quiet. We're no longer in that position...and if you spend most of your time in your own home with your own hobby you're living a better quality version of that life already.
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