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Old 04-29-2015, 06:58 PM
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Ananda
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as a Buddhist from a Christian country, I have started to realize that of course I "call out to god" at times. It is simply the form that I was raised in and is natural to fall back on in times of trouble. It is simply what it is, not a big deal. I don't actually "believe" in god, but at times of crisis it is a programed reaction. And I'm fine with that.

If there is a god, I don't actually have a problem with it...It's just not what I "believe", not my "opinion", not my "preference". I really just don't care

Mostly I just look at what it signals to me when I call out to god, it is a state of mind, a place that my ego is in at the time. It isn't "bad", it just is what it is.

sometimes I just have to take the knee jerk reactions out and accept that when circumstances are a certain way, I will react in a certain way at first.
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