Agreed. Yet there are paths and commonalities. A lot of people seem to follow something fairly recognizably the Buddhist 4 stage path, for example.
decent model, but an awful lot of historical baggage and unhelpful metaphysical assumptions. also a bit of an obsessive focus on attainments, levels, "experience points", etc.
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True. I do think it has much less metaphysical baggage than, say, the Tibetan schools, and it's also easier to polish off. But we certainly need newer models that are more appropriate for the modern world.
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problem on my mind lately: what should we think of reincarnation metaphysics viewed from a modern perspective? the hard skeptic stance (there is no reincarnation) seems like a cop-out. also runs counter to some lived experiences (psychedelic and meditative glimpses).
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maybe I should do a tweetstorm about it and solicit some input from the twitter sangha
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