Can "stupid" pursue awakening?

[Nemra]

@Leo Gura, ok.

I think I was worried that if Christian symbols are more salient to you, then you are likely to have beliefs in Christianity.

For me, it would be difficult to know if a Christian genuinely had an awakening.

Which Christian is open to powerful tools like psychedelics? Maybe very few.

[Leo Gura]

7 minutes ago, Nemra said:

it would be difficult to know if a Christian genuinely had an awakening.

It would be a twisted Christian-flavored awakening, not the purest kind.

[Mellowmarsh]

[nerdspeak]

I’ve met a Christian I believed to be awake, and read about others. Their sort of awakening is colored by more emotive compassion due to the focus of the religion. As opposed to some advanced Theravada guys, who seem like the walking dead. 
 

Some Christians are open to psychedelics, you’d be surprised. A lot of Catholics and Eastern Orthodox do meditation-like contemplative practices. I’ve been on Theravada retreats with Jesuits and other Catholic priests in attendance (Catholics are quite ecumenical though, you wouldn’t see an Orthodox priest at such a thing).

@Nemra

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