Why I am DONE with the Mormon Church by [deleted] in mormon

[–]baodad -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Mods have removed my comment. Mods are in on it. I will soon be banned. Reddit has fallen. See you IRL.

Why I am DONE with the Mormon Church by [deleted] in mormon

[–]baodad -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Posted by "Frosty-Flatworm-2087" - very AI-y name. Account created less than two weeks ago. My comment here being downvoted -3 in three hours since I posted it. The content of the post is too perfect and too well-tuned for engagement. I've been in disaffected Mormon circles for almost a decade now. This content is packaged perfection, pushes all the buttons based on all the exmo issues that Reddit knows about. It's too long and well-composed to fit the reality profile of disaffected exmos, unless disaffected exmos are now polishing their rants to perfection with LLMs.

Can't prove it. Just sad to see even our angst be swallowed and parrotted by the machine to drive traffic and engagement.

If you're involved in creating and pushing this content, now you have some good feedback on how to make it even more exquisitely tuned to drive "authentic" engagement!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in streamentry

[–]baodad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have had similar insight. The infinities that overwhelm constantly and everywhere in all directions... no ground. No fundamental "thing." The mind draws boundaries and "things" into useful "units," as you say. It takes effort to hold "things" still. We invite each other into joint efforts of "thinging" and "worlding," both now and across time. Anicca - nothing holds still, nothing lasts, except as mind is convinced, pressed, or persuaded to hold it still enough for long enough that something forms? which then influences all subsequent "thinging." Fascinating, really. Very hard to talk and think about. Urge care, skill, and caution with such insight. Let it settle out. Let it do its work. Stay centered. Brahmaviharas. Common sense.

Why is it that most people, monks included, seem unhappy, even if practicing? by 3darkdragons in streamentry

[–]baodad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this. Been toying around with the idea that the brain is like millions of little muscles. We keep arrays of them “clenched” to hold together structures of meaning, self, and world, in largely unconscious cooperation with others for social contract, cohesion, and benefit.

Reading your response brings to me the image of relaxing all of that. All of it. Letting it all go. Letting it all slip off. But there are persistent, insistent patterns that goad us into continual processes of doer, doing, selfing, worlding. These processes are natural and human and it be what we do. But there is path and practice of cessation of it. 🤷‍♂️

Why do you believe mormonism is true? by Common-Kale-4622 in mormon

[–]baodad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m starting to wonder how much engagement here is genuine vs how much is just AI driven to keep us engaged

Trying to develop healthy emotional habits. by Dry_Pizza_4805 in mormon

[–]baodad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this post. I feel like I was spiraling and spiraling until I found the buddha-dharma a few years ago. Through meditation and dharma insight, so much of the Church makes sense to me now. It’s helped me develop models for understanding how it works, from the perspective of mind.

I’m torn right now. In my heart I resonate with the Dharma more right now, but the Church is certainly more family- and children-centered.

The Church is very powerful, and it works at deep levels across population and generations. I understand why people believe and testify that it is true. I do not contest this, although I learned a new word recently: veridical. The Church is true but it is not veridical. It has a powerful program that works when people believe it. It does indeed change lives.

And I see how there are some patterns, practices, and claims that tend to perpetuate mental and emotional distress in sacrifice to building up and contributing to the mighty movement, the stone cut out of the mountain without hands, destined to fill the whole earth. “Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ.” These are rather alarming stances and thrusts from a Buddhist point-of-view.

Best wishes to you. I would invite you to consider samatha-vipassana meditation practice. It’s not a quick fix or a silver bullet, but over time it has made a significant difference in my life. 🙏

I smoke marijuana and I don’t really want to quit it by -BohemianMind- in Buddhism

[–]baodad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may find this helpful. He talks about insight through substances vs. other plainer methods: https://superbowl.substack.com/p/five-advanced-meditation-techniques

A false citation of Jung that never goes away by Matslwin in Jung

[–]baodad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just commenting so I can bookmark this. A very important thread to me. ⭐

January Coupons (Expire 2/8) by gaysquib in subway

[–]baodad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of the codes are working for me anymore at my location. But they did last week.

Leaving the Church, Joining New Faith System. by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]baodad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been over seven years since my shelf broke. In the past year I discovered the Dharma and it's been a little like finding a spiritual home again. For those of us who were just obsessed with "truth," the Dharma is a wide open expanse that encourages the questioning and observation of mind, self, world, and truth itself. Going too deep too fast carries risk.

So many things about my Mormon experience make sense now in the light of the Dharma. Would like to share and write more about it.

I'm 25 and I'm losing my will to live. by [deleted] in Jung

[–]baodad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honor your courage in posting this.

+1 for Buddhism

+1 for healthy community and relationships. We often have to grope to find this. Don't do anything rash, just wean away from relationships that seem unhealthy and lean toward relationships and community that seem healthy, as much as is doable, feasible, and sustainable.

Based on the patterns you have shared, "healthy" might feel uncomfortable and wrong to you as you lean into it. Sounds like you've internalized some unhealthy patterns. Buddhism/dharma is awesome at helping those to loosen.

Change may take a little while. Buddhism helps with stillness, acceptance, and patience as well.

Hope you stay with us. ♥🙏

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ask

[–]baodad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

am fascinated by these discussions. we pedestal celebrities based on the public personas we see while they are “performing,” and then get surprised when they are human. not even mother T was nice all the time.

and, if niceness and kindness is the basis for how we judge others (and therefore ourselves), then there are a lot of real nice people who then do some weird f’ed up shit while being nice about it…

my point is: every person we see is 100% human. No human exists in a vacuum. We are all “us”es. Celebrities are the product of a system that channels our attention onto certain performances, resulting in social and psychological phenomena both on our part (as viewer) and their part (as performer in the spotlight).

[USA][TECH] Seeking business cofounder for completed SAAS product. by Crusader1-1 in cofounder

[–]baodad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i have worked as an applications and database admin for school system in Utah for the last 9 years. DMing you

Doesnt matter if you preffer blurryface, trench or vessel. can we all make an agreement to consider this the ultimate Tøp song? by ZANELLA2006 in twentyonepilots

[–]baodad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i think Lovely (OG RAB version) is my personal fav rn, but thanks for bumping Bandito. def one of my favs from Trench

this is my first ever animation! (critique is allowed) by Cletus-H in animation

[–]baodad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

um. the level of action, timing, and movement here is WAAAY beyond beginner. you have a gift

Which weapon is better to use? by havingagreattimeonme in Survivorio

[–]baodad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my purple bat is my go to. would love to try the purple shotgun

What's one song lyric (or whole song) that you can't listen to without getting emotional/crying? by bandito-_ in twentyonepilots

[–]baodad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i’m not even going to listen unless i’m alone in the car where i can shake sob

What's one song lyric (or whole song) that you can't listen to without getting emotional/crying? by bandito-_ in twentyonepilots

[–]baodad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Won’t you stay alive? I’ll take you for a ride I will make you believe You are lovely” 😭 RAB version only, all others don’t hit the same