Zen.Buddha.Tao
@indybuddhist.bsky.social
Objective & genuinely purposive spirituality in plain & simple English, underpinned by scepticism & Western philosophical ideas. (University of London.)
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A few minutes of quiet time (as meditation) is no problem but as a 'spiritual practice', hours of mind games is not a useful avenue to go down.
July 21, 2025 at 6:44 AM
A few minutes of quiet time (as meditation) is no problem but as a 'spiritual practice', hours of mind games is not a useful avenue to go down.
(Why? B/c mind, God, physics, evolution, love, soul etc are already known perceptual & conceptual features of experiencing, and we’re looking for an insight into ‘the totality of everything’.)
July 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
(Why? B/c mind, God, physics, evolution, love, soul etc are already known perceptual & conceptual features of experiencing, and we’re looking for an insight into ‘the totality of everything’.)
(‘Objective exploration’ has nothing whatsoever to do with meditation, mindfulness, prayer, contemplation etc etc: all of which are received doctrines based in imaginative fantasy.)
July 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
(‘Objective exploration’ has nothing whatsoever to do with meditation, mindfulness, prayer, contemplation etc etc: all of which are received doctrines based in imaginative fantasy.)
And me for myself for even longer!
June 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
And me for myself for even longer!