This is true for me as well. Especially when you start to see beliefs and conditioning fucking everywhere, it can get overwhelming. Belief might be somewhat easier to work with, but virtually nothing is independent of conditioning.
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Yes, but according to that worldview, you are *magically* engaged. Your thoughts and prayers are beaming out of the monastery and influencing reality in a positive direction. (Not saying I believe that, but that's how it works in that tradition.)
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Yeah. This is a big part of the archaic metaphysics that needs a reckoning imo. To be fair, it doesn't seem to be that big of a problem in Western Buddhism afaict. Bernie Glassman's approach seems more typical, and an appropriate update for American life.
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I can't help but wonder how much of this is the Jewish diaspora influence on Western Buddhism though. I've never even heard of a Jewish monastery.
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It's compatible if you're delusional and believe that sending others compassion with your mind has any effect whatsoever.
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delusion lives in the mind. compassion lives in the hands.
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