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thank you thank you. I’m not a fan of Christianity, mainly because of the kind of Christians most people imagine when they think about conservatives. But after I got into Zen Buddhism, I heard some of Jesus’ teachings and understood them in a different light. I don’t even know if Jesus was a real person or not, I know there’s a lot of motivation to push that idea though. But that’s all besides the point. His teachings are generally beneficial for human well-being. If people live by them, and embody them, there’s good chance of a fairly healthy community. Not sure if this is actually a quote from Buddha (which is, again, besides the point) but people think so:
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
This right here!!! Humanity has this artificial divide between mind and body as if your brain was somehow not connected to every part of you. I’ve spoken with people who couldn’t understand the very question “how does sadness feel in your body”. They would explain they thought person x had been mean and that made think it was wrong and that made them think they should do something yap yap yap but never actually answering the question. It’s especially true for men and that’s incredibly sad.