(December 20, 2014 at 8:31 am)Rhythm Wrote: I also notice that this "practical benefits" horseshit is the same as crooning about some magical fruit: we hear -that- from their christard brethren as well. Taken up for the same reasons, justified with the same style, by the same people. Meh.I don't think so. Meditation, in certain ancient traditions, is actually quite sensible, and even some cognitive scientists have begun to make use it for understanding certain experiential states. Unlike Christianity, it doesn't require complete credulity, just an interest to explores one's self through practice and patience.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
