The Zen Mind

I like the meditation, philosophy and all, except for when things going the right way turn into a religion azpect. That's when I stop I think it over again.
What do I mean by religion?. I mean, having to follow certain rituals like abstaining from sex, etc.
I view it as being control by others & I hate that, I hate feeling control by others, at work, at home, at school, on the streets, wherever & when ever. Why is it so hard to be just one self without influenced by others?.

Is it so hard to become a part of a common group that believes the same things and to live a life that not only is acceptable to a religious group but that is acceptable to a general set of moral principles?

I know I'm part in one way of another of a global group by simply being, that is; Living in this World, which by the way is not a choice (I don't remember asking to be born).
Plato said: "I think, therefore I exist".
True!.
If I don't think, therefore I wouldn't exist (Like those who died).
I like Taoism better than ZEN because Lao Tzu (The creator of TAO) wasn't legalistic like Confucius or any other religious leaders.
I'm just trying to be one with myself, may be I'll know why I exist.

Praying will get us nowhere. We'll be reborn again and again suffering in the sea of samsara.

It's only through purification of our mind and realise the truth will we be liberated from all the suffering that we go through in life

I perfer to pray to God and practice my own inner reflection too.

Terrible music...

woof woof. where is my buudha nature?

*no comment*

(close, but no enlightenment)

Ah man! They're unenlightened

Amen to that :P