A fairly major change

[innerbrat]

There was a Millibritcon over the weekend, as I know I've mentioned. It was fantastic and brilliant and a great time was had by all, I believe. This is not a conreport post, but because I'm starting by talking about it, I thought I'd throw in the disclaimer that it was awesome.

At a couple of times over the weekend, someone had to say Debi, you're

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[darthrami]

♥

Once upon a time, it helped me. I hope it does you.

[innerbrat]

*nodsnods* This wasn't so much a sneaky in-not-so-many-words apology, as it was a note to self. I know we're good, but I noticed things in my behaviour that I'd be happier if I checked.

And it was great to get to know you, as well. I love cons for the very reason that face to face is always better.

[neenie]

I have further reading I can suggest/send if interested.

(I don't talk about religion much on my lj or in real life. This is about as close as I get as well.)

[innerbrat]

Yes please.

Audiobooks preferred for this.

[neenie]

=T I don't know how much I can help you with the audiobooks request, but I definitely have a lot of material left from my Buddhism classes. It's gonna have a bit of Hinduism thrown in as well. I'll see what shakes out of my shelves later.

[innerbrat]

It's all good. <3

[tyrell]

There's (almost) nothing I can find wrong in *philosophical* Buddhism, as far as it relates to happiness and good behaviour. I'm not a fan of rejecting the world or seeing guilt/sin everywhere, which is a trap when you get paranoid about stepping on ants damaging your karma, but there are ways to do it right.

Then I discovered I'm just too energetic and committed to physical things to cultivate enough detachment for Buddhism, and most of what I liked was in Taoism too :)

Anyway, Eastern philosophy saved my life and you should totally, totally throw yourself into it for a bit if you're feeling drawn to it.

Best Buddhism icon I've ever seen is anw's " Love to love you, baby" Dalai Lama icon :)

[innerbrat]

My take on karma is not that there's sin everywhere - it doesn't really involve sin - but that actions have consequences even if it's just a consequence within your own esteem. As far as I'm concerned, stepping on ants damages my karma because it's easy enough to avoid harming a living thing in that way and I'd be aware afterwards that I did it.

And I'm so energetic and committed to physical things that it causes me unhappiness and anxiety, so learning to detach from it will I hope, help with this.

Thanks for commenting, I remember loving what you had to say about Taoism.

[minnesattva]

This is kind of how I feel about Buddhism too; a lot of it resonates with me but I'm just too damn fond of these things, and having grown up Catholic I'm still trying to get rid of guilt and the bad habit of looking for sin everywhere (I know, IB, that not all Buddhisms are like this! but it's one of the first things I found out about it so it's left a lasting impression on me). I wonder if this means I should go back to trying to figure out Taoism again...

[tyrell]

I'm probably being unfair. I know the fault lies with me and not Buddhism, but when I see an injustice I can't detach myself from it. Ideally I would feel compassion and do what I can to help, but take no offensive action. I'm not strong enough for that

[the_croupier]

I'm sort of also sitting in your boat, or at least, the next boat over. I'm not sure I would call myself a materialist as such, but I would say that's my de facto stance day-to-day, and I share your puzzlement whether that could be reconciled with Buddhism or not