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After much back and forth and introspection on this topic I just went ahead and became a Zen Buddhist. I don't think we can function as humans without regular
by CPLX 7y ago
After much back and forth and introspection on this topic I just went ahead and became a Zen Buddhist.
I don't think we can function as humans without regular long, meaningful detachment from all these digital tools.
There's a lot of ways to do it. But I feel like everyone needs to pick one.
- Bartweiss 7y agoIf you don't mind, a question: do you believe in reincarnation? That's always seemed like a barrier to consciously 'accepting' Zen, the way one might accept Confucianism or utilitarianism or any other moral philosophy.
- CPLX 7y agoInteresting question. I would say that honestly I don’t, in the sense that I have any degree of certainty that it happens. But I also have no degree of certainty that it doesn’t happen. One of the core concepts of Zen is abandoning western concepts of duality. I’m increasingly willing to be confortable with the idea that I have no ability to conceptualize and verbalize the concept of myself existing before life or after death, and likely never will. So it’s not that I will or won’t, it’s not really a yes or no answer. More like a NaN answer.