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<blockquote data-quote="JayJaySattva" data-source="post: 43888" data-attributes="member: 147">Well, in comparison to believing in a singular god, I find that the concept of rebirth makes more sense to explain why the world is at it is, but many of these things are filled with too much woo-woo shit anyways. In my opinion, Buddhism doesn&#039;t really shines because of its metaphysics—something the Buddha said to not put too much attention on—but because of the capacity of the teachings to reduce suffering, which I agree,&nbsp; because many of them can be verified by personal experience during meditation.These are all ways of seeing, and I agree that they can reduce suffering. You can interact with reality and experience it in different according to the way you see it. For example, I can believe that I&#039;m a separated entity from the universe and that absolute free will exists for everything and everyone, and experiment with this way of seeing and see if it brings me more of less satisfaction. I can also believe that there is the Demiurge and that he feeds off of our suffering, or that rebirth is completely real, so that I can motivate myself to take meditation more seriously. I really recommend you check the Buddhist concept of emptiness. Yup, I wouldn&#039;t say I&#039;m a normal person honestly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JayJaySattva, post: 43888, member: 147"] Well, in comparison to believing in a singular god, I find that the concept of rebirth makes more sense to explain why the world is at it is, but many of these things are filled with too much woo-woo shit anyways. In my opinion, Buddhism doesn't really shines because of its metaphysics—something the Buddha said to not put too much attention on—but because of the capacity of the teachings to reduce suffering, which I agree, because many of them can be verified by personal experience during meditation. These are all ways of seeing, and I agree that they can reduce suffering. You can interact with reality and experience it in different according to the way you see it. For example, I can believe that I'm a separated entity from the universe and that absolute free will exists for everything and everyone, and experiment with this way of seeing and see if it brings me more of less satisfaction. I can also believe that there is the Demiurge and that he feeds off of our suffering, or that rebirth is completely real, so that I can motivate myself to take meditation more seriously. I really recommend you check the Buddhist concept of emptiness. Yup, I wouldn't say I'm a normal person honestly. [/QUOTE]

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