Practicing correctly and felt great. fallen out of practise...?

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I consider myself to mainly be a Buddhist. Before I was a Buddhist, I was an Millitant Athiest. Being an Millitant Athiest, made me a very negative person. I ended up practicing Buddhism and I felt fantastic. I was peaceful towards myself and the world.

However, recently, I somehow fell from the path and now I feel very different, in a negative sense. I made brief diet changes that made me feel apathetic. I think the biggest thing was when I got re-in touch with my political and personal views, some of which don't coincide well with Buddhism.

I want to be able to practise my religion as well as still retaining my views. Is that possible? Is this normal? (Serious answers only, please)

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  • 1badassog&AA
    9 years ago

    Your life is yours and you can do whatever YOU deside is right! I have found answers of my own that make sense of ALL things including most of the commonly accepted, belief systems. I follow that voice of my heart because it KNOWS shit that I was maybe never gonna figure out. I just want to Love EVERYTHING and share truth! As far as I AM concerned thegypsysailor is right they have all been perverted! Whatever YOU deside to believe remember ALL of YOU must be FEELING IT because a house divided can NOT stand! Love to you all ALWAYS

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  • PurplePotato
    9 years ago

    I'm a Buddhist myself (I practice Zen meditation, but am steeped in the Theravadin sect's philosophy - not to mention that I like some non-Buddhist philosophy as well), and I'm curious as to how Buddhist philosophy could conflict with your other beliefs.

    In my experience, Buddhist philosophy is closely tied with meditation practice - how and why to meditate, and ways to act that will support the meditative practice. A Buddhist might give you their opinion on politics or the like if you ask them, but it's their opinion, not a Buddhist philosophy.

    In any case you can just take what you like and leave the rest - if say you enjoy the meditation but not the philosophy, then just meditate and ignore the philosophy. If anyone thinks that you're "doing it wrong" that's their problem, not yours.

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  • OldBananaMilk
    9 years ago

    Instead of committing yourself to one religion, just be spiritual. Take what you believe in and what makes you feel good and roll with it

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago

    Buddhists are slaughtering Muslims in Burma these days, so I don't see why you can't pervert that religion to your own needs, as every single religion in history has been perverted to suit the needs of the "faithful".

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