I meditate each week with a bunch of Buddhists. If you asked them what they hope to achieve by meditating, I'm sure you'd get all sorts of crazy mumbo jumbo answers. Me, I meditate, but I don't embrace all the mumbo jumbo. I think you're mistaking the form for the function. Something may have the same form, yet not serve the same function. I also have artwork in my home from various religious traditions. That I appreciate many of the same things doesn't mean I pray to the same gods.
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