Agreed. Yet there are paths and commonalities. A lot of people seem to follow something fairly recognizably the Buddhist 4 stage path, for example.
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).
-
-
maybe I should do a tweetstorm about it and solicit some input from the twitter sangha
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
There doesn't seem to me to be a reason to believe in reincarnation. Why should I believe one person's experience over another person's scientific data? There's no way of finding a conclusive answer.
-
My view on reincarnation is: Does it even matter? We're stuck here now, so we gotta deal with this train-wreck first. Obviously it's still fun to talk about and speculate on, even if it's not relevant to suffering. The trick is just not imagining that we'll ever have an answer.
-
deeply pragmatic and therefore probably correct in all the ways that matter
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.