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Do you have any interest in the philosophies of introflection pioneered by Buddhism?
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RE: Do you have any interest in the philosophies of introflection pioneered by Buddhism?
January 10, 2024 at 8:47 pm
Since when do they cover pre-existing conditions?
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RE: Do you have any interest in the philosophies of introflection pioneered by Buddhism?
January 11, 2024 at 12:07 am (This post was last modified: January 11, 2024 at 12:36 am by Nay_Sayer.)
(January 10, 2024 at 3:32 am)Belacqua Wrote:
(January 9, 2024 at 1:37 pm)Authari Wrote: Buddhism is neat like that where you can just apply the philosophy without any deistic preferences.

Recently, just by chance, I was reading about a guy called Thomas Keating, who started what seems to be a Christianized version of Buddhist meditation. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centering_prayer

Apparently there are also meditative practices in East Orthodox monasteries that closely resemble this, though I don't know if there's direct Buddhist influence there. 

Are these the kind of introspective practices you're thinking of here? 

I do think that making a habit of such meditation would be a really healthy thing to do. Unfortunately when I tried I was really bad at it. 

And as we can see, in the neoliberal bourgeois culture we have now, such practices can only be accepted if they are shown to have utilitarian therapeutic value. And then I think they have become something different from what they started out as.

Quite so, at least a good example, but we know Buddhism would focus on the Self over the Christianized God, I have a different form of meditation I practice, it works out pretty well for me.



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RE: Do you have any interest in the philosophies of introflection pioneered by Buddhism?
January 11, 2024 at 12:10 am
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RE: Do you have any interest in the philosophies of introflection pioneered by Buddhism?
January 11, 2024 at 12:13 am (This post was last modified: January 11, 2024 at 12:36 am by Nay_Sayer.)
(January 11, 2024 at 12:10 am)Nay_Sayer Wrote: F minus

It actually is the main reason in my conversion to believing in God again, it removed that vexation I had in my heart. The same vexation I know is in yours and all the atheists on this forum. Hatred corrupts the Soul if left unchecked, so be mindful of the hatred that is latent within you, lest it possess you.
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RE: Do you have any interest in the philosophies of introflection pioneered by Buddhism?
January 11, 2024 at 12:14 am (This post was last modified: January 11, 2024 at 12:14 am by Nay_Sayer.)
(January 11, 2024 at 12:13 am)Authari Wrote:
(January 11, 2024 at 12:10 am)Nay_Sayer Wrote: F minus

It actually is the main reason in my conversion to believing in God again, it removed that vexation I had in my heart. The same vexation I know is in yours and all the atheists on this forum.

Not an atheist. I understand reading is difficult for you but I have my faith listed in my bio.

It's right there next to Religious views.
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RE: Do you have any interest in the philosophies of introflection pioneered by Buddhism?
January 11, 2024 at 12:36 am
(January 11, 2024 at 12:13 am)Authari Wrote:
(January 11, 2024 at 12:10 am)Nay_Sayer Wrote: F minus

It actually is the main reason in my conversion to believing in God again, it removed that vexation I had in my heart. The same vexation I know is in yours and all the atheists on this forum. Hatred corrupts the Soul if left unchecked, so be mindful of the hatred that is latent within you, lest it possess you.

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RE: Do you have any interest in the philosophies of introflection pioneered by Buddhism?
January 11, 2024 at 12:42 am
For (relatively) many years (8 or so?) I would have considered myself closest to being a Buddhist - certainly only a lay member and not a practicing monk or anything like that.

It's a really solid moral framework to base an individual's ethics upon, but ultimately I do think it falls short in someways; most of all being too utopian and believing that all people are inherently "good" and that evil is a choice or failure of an otherwise good person.
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RE: Do you have any interest in the philosophies of introflection pioneered by Buddhism?
January 11, 2024 at 1:55 am (This post was last modified: January 11, 2024 at 1:55 am by The Valkyrie.)
(January 11, 2024 at 12:13 am)Authari Wrote:
(January 11, 2024 at 12:10 am)Nay_Sayer Wrote: F minus

It actually is the main reason in my conversion to believing in God again, it removed that vexation I had in my heart. The same vexation I know is in yours and all the atheists on this forum. Hatred corrupts the Soul if left unchecked, so be mindful of the hatred that is latent within you, lest it possess you.

He writes with barely contained hostility while judging others and telling them what they think...

Just a little passive-aggressive, huh?

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RE: Do you have any interest in the philosophies of introflection pioneered by Buddhism?
January 11, 2024 at 3:42 am
^When do we get to see the 'passive' bit?

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RE: Do you have any interest in the philosophies of introflection pioneered by Buddhism?
January 11, 2024 at 6:50 am
(January 11, 2024 at 12:13 am)Authari Wrote:
(January 11, 2024 at 12:10 am)Nay_Sayer Wrote: F minus

It actually is the main reason in my conversion to believing in God again, it removed that vexation I had in my heart. The same vexation I know is in yours and all the atheists on this forum. Hatred corrupts the Soul if left unchecked, so be mindful of the hatred that is latent within you, lest it possess you.

So god is your pacifier

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