Originally Posted by m1k3
I am complete as I am. I neither want nor need help from an outside spiritual source.
Originally Posted by zencat
I also have no babysitter that I can count on. If I am the problem, then I am the solution. Meditation brings me many of the solutions I seek.
I agree strongly with both of you.
I think there is something to ritualism that is comforting to many. Using mala beads, singing bowls, praying the rosary, kneeling, crossing oneself, etc...it seems many find as much comfort in the "doing of the thing" as what is actually behind the thing, if that makes sense. The ritual of prayers/mantras is the same.