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Technically, one has to be a bit of a madman to be in a relationship in the first place.

Good luck with trying to evolve without passion

@Lyubov I can definitely relate. My parents got into a cult and I grew up in that environment. Everything was about control, fear, and following ‘the right way.’ Having conversations with them now is exhausting because they’re so stuck in their beliefs they're unable to see any other perspective. The ironic part: They didn’t want my sister and me to grow up in a toxic environment like they did – yet, in trying to protect us from the world, they built us a custom made straitjacket from hell. The other day, my mom even claimed she was the best mother in all of Switzerland because ‘we were the only children raised in the truth.’ Funny enough, our therapist doesn't agree.

@Caoimhin I prayed to God to guide me to truth when I was a Christian. I asked for clarity, for understanding, and for a deeper connection. I believed that the God I had worshiped would hear my prayer. The answer I received didn’t come from the Christian God. It came from something beyond those boundaries, a deeper sense of truth that transcended the labels I had placed on it. There is no fear in love.

@Schizophonia I see where you're coming from, but your analysis is way off. All I said was that women do want to be approached at clubs. Nothing about personal insecurity or rumination. Also, if hanging out here 'in a dilettante way' means someone is wired to 'I am not enough', then by your own logic, wouldn’t the person with more posts be even deeper in that mindset? Just a thought from my end

You probably misinterpreted my original comment, I don't see the connection bro.

What are you talking about? Did you mean to @ me?

@Leo Gura You should update the guidelines now that religious debate is tolerated.

That's where single girls go in hopes a high value man approaches them.

It doesn’t provide any satisfying answers based on reason. Rather, it prescribes beliefs that require faith. This is especially damaging to children's critical thinking abilities. As for adults, they are pulled in because their vulnerabilities are exploited. Even if the original teaching was about enlightenment, chances are Christianity does more damage than it does to enlighten.

@gettoefl So you're saying that without external conflict we would settle into a meditative state on our own? I'm with you on that. But my question is whether the actual practice of meditation and going through the motions is actually necessary to reach that state. I would argue that it's just a learned practice, ultimately unnecessary and therefore a distraction.

@Leo Gura Would you also say that there are things about consciousness that others understand but you do not? I'm genuinely interested, not trying to challenge your position.

@gettoefl You just doubled down with more cryptic sentences. What does any of this have to do with what I asked? Would someone actually start going through the same mental and physical mechanics we associate with meditation, without an outside source teaching them how it works?

If there is a way for Christianity to exist in a more conscious state, it would require a complete transformation. At that point, would it even still be Christianity? It would have to actively work on undoing the harm it has caused. But the reality is that the people doing the real work of putting an end to its abuse are the ones who leave Christianity behind. Why do you think this is?

@gettoefl Are you saying rumination is about making money? Either way, your reply is all over the place, I don't get what this has to do with my question.