Posted by yesac on August 2, 2003, at 18:13:04
In reply to re: I can feel myself sinking... again » yesac, posted by lil' jimi on August 2, 2003, at 1:14:56
> 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!
> ... ... hope the roommate concerns will ease soon
Me too!
> ... ... thinking of you and saying my buddhist prayers for you ... rest ... take comfort as you canThanks. 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?
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.
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.
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