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 Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:21 pm
I suppose it isn't right to say 'happy Lent' sweatdrop
Last year I decided to give up meat, and managed to do it. This year will be more difficult, because I am living with the family, don't have as much money coming in, and don't have access to the sort of vegetarian food that I like, but I will try anyway.
I'm also going to stop spending on any excess things (not food and gas) and try not to use the plastic cups in the break room.
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:30 pm
i think about god all the time
he- and she- occupy part of my brain every moment
so the self denial thing troubles me, since if it is wholesome to deny yourself something for forty days, then why not do so all the time?
to me, it is like being made to swear an oath before your testimony will be accepted.
my people do not believe in that. either you tell the truth (good for you), or you do not. a few extra promissory words will unlikely change a lie into the truth.
but if it feels right to you, then fine.
i will not deny myself alcohol, which is a favorite indulgence.
but i will continue to deny myself some former pleasures, such as gossip, vindictiveness, and resentment.
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:09 pm
We often "give up" things for Lent here.
But it is with a wink and a nod, knowing that we will soon again be enjoying these vices, whether adultery, drunkenness. gluttony or violence.
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 5:51 pm
For me the real important stuff is not what I would give up for Lent. Vices and sins are things to be guarded against all year long. But having a set period where I try to do a little extra to be a little better helps push me forward and keep me self critical.
A lot of times the sacrifice is superficial, or a matter of habit or tradition more than earnestness, but if you use the time as a tool for earnest sacrifice and recollection it can be powerful.
Of course if at the end of Lent you go right back to where you were, its effect is questionable.
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 6:00 pm
Are you a Buddhist Lea?
I don't know if Buddhists practice Lent, but your quest seems like that for mindfulness, or right-mindedness.
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:23 pm
When cornered I call myself Diest.
For a while there I did a lot of searching in the area of religion, but I ended up settling on being a student but not quite an adherent of many of them.
I'd consider myself Confucian in some way, which places heavy emphasis in proper action.
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:28 pm
You guys are a lot more complicated than me.
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:32 pm
I doubt it.
I just have a horrible urge to explain my complications. sweatdrop
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:35 pm
i like Master K'Ung.
which sounds terribly superficial when you say it right out like that...
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:06 pm
Crono725 You guys are a lot more complicated than me. I find religion interesting, in the same way that I find other cultures or history interesting... but it's not really for me. >.>
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