Well, while you were in the bathroom, I sat down at this picnic table here in Bumblefug, Kentucky, and noticed that someone had carved that GOD HATES ...
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People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the though of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing....
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People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn't bear the thought of their loved ones not ...
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...you missed the chance to explore the equally interesting Buddhist belief in being present for every facet of your daily life, of being truly presen...
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Suffering is universal. It's the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about.
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Suffering is universal. It's the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about
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I was not religious, but I liked rituals. I liked the idea of connecting an action with remembering.
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I was surprised. I'd always associated belief in heaven with, frankly, a kind of intellectual disengagement. But Gus wasn't dumb.
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In our hyper-secular world, worship is still inevitable. But it is vital to remember that our gods don't choose us, we choose them.
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