Im grappling with this because Im a materialist athiest but I find alot of the axioms on how to live a life in buddhism to be extremely beneficial for me. mindfulness and the 8 fold path have always intrigued me and recently as I have gotten into guided mindfulness more (which often have many buddhist inspirations for obvious reasoms) I find myself trying to anchor myself and detach so to speak from things that bring me suffering etc.
my issues is the spiritual aspect which isn’t for me but i dont want to be rude or disrespectful. ive read alot online i cant just take a buffet style buddhism or whatever and i am stuck in this middle where i can’t help what I believe but i also want to share the peace the parts of buddhism have helped me.
idk if this is nonsense but i thought itd be nice to have a sounding board while I ponder this
poor use of words on the metaphysical aspect for my my apologies, yeah I could ignore it! I was just worried about respecting it as i hear some stirs about picking and choosing parts of it. the term “buffet buddhism” because people take what they want is common online. i didn’t wanna be THAT ass hole you know?
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omg that was beautifully said. I value your insight greatly! seriously great to put things into context
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