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Buddhism and Christianity

So for this post, I am going to divide it into two major sections: the first section will be the section on self-sacrifice and the more Christian oriented moral methodology for approaching life. The second section will be upon mindfulness meditation and one-pointed-awareness of the present moment, a more Buddhist oriented perspective. Then I want to compare and contrast the logical spectrum's of both Christian and Buddhist modes of abstract princ [...continue reading]

a couple passages

tao te jing 45 & 46:

What's perfectly whole seems flawed, but you can use it forever. What's perfectly full seems empty, but you can't use it up. True straightness looks crooked. Great skill looks clumsy. Real eloquence seems to stammer. To be comfortable in the cold, keep moving. To be comfortable in the heat, hold still. To be comfortable in the world, stay calm and clear.

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When the world's on the Way, they use horses to haul manure. When the world gets off t [...continue reading]

balancing three things

This post is going to delve into the traditional western Christian western perspective. Since I was raised as a Christian Methodist, I have a lot of moral foundations that are structured quite a bit different in relation to the way a foundation would be structured from a Buddhist upbringing. Think of it this way for instance: foundations for ones mental and psychological personality are put into their ultimate blueprint or design layout at the beginning of their life. The very fundamental i [...continue reading]