Posted by lil' jimi on August 4, 2003, at 13:01:47
In reply to re: I can feel myself sinking... again » lil' jimi, posted by yesac on August 2, 2003, at 18:13:04
hi yesac!
> > i hope you're doing better ... ... sorry if i'm late
>
> Late? Oh, I guess maybe you mean that you missed me? Well, it's true, I left work at about, um, 6:30 EST last night and didn't check back here till today around 4. But it's okay - late is better than never!
>i guess i must not have been that late ... i can't remember what made me concerned about lateness ...
> > ... ... hope the roommate concerns will ease soon
>
> Me too!i sent my ideas about the roomies separately earlier ... i think ...
> > ... ... thinking of you and saying my buddhist prayers for you ... rest ... take comfort as you can
>
> Thanks. Are you really Buddhist (like, devout, believing in reincarnation and Buddha as God or ...I'm not sure what else), or just kind of Buddhist in your basic philosophies?
>that would be pretty much a "yes".
> I embrace some Buddhist-seeming ideas. I think the Dalai Lama is a almost sort of my idol. "Idol" is NOT the right word, but I can't seem to think of anything better right now. Mentor? Well, let's just say that I strive to be like him in terms of compassion and acceptance and "non-judgementalness". Hey! I just noticed that the word MENTAL is within the word nonjudgeMENTAL. Interesting. But, the problem with Buddhism for me is my lack of belief in God, reincarnation. I could never be devout. I could never pray. Plus, I'm not so good at "just being" sort of thing, although I don't think too many people are. Something to work on.... I've always wanted to meditate but never really have. I have sat quietly and focused on my breath, etc, which I guess is meditation, but never for very long and never regularly.
>i have meditated daily .... nowadays i'm much less regular
... .... many buddhists don't meditate in the more formal sense
.... the dalai lama remains an inspiration
... ... faith in Buddha is not as if He is God nor as if He were a god
... ... in important yet subtle ways, buddhism is a nontheistic religion
... ... God and/or the gods are optional>
> My religion is a wonderful religion - Unitarian Universalism. I imagine that a lot of people almost don't think of it as a real religion or something. A lot of people don't get it. Oh well.
>
> I feel like this has turned into something that should be on the Faith board, though I certainly didn't intend for this when I started writing.
>
>funny thing:
i went to
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html
and took the quiz and these were my results:1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (98%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (94%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (93%)
5. Liberal Quakers (91%)
6. New Age (89%)so i'm being nice to all our UUs and Neo-Pagans now .... weird for me to not rate 100% buddhist ...
... and ...
... i would scarcely call myself "devout", even on my best day ... .... i'm more like desparate ... i _need_ buddhism ... much more than it needs me! HA!TAKE CARE !!
~ jim
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