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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It gives me total freedom from worry and anxiety, and also no pressure to achieve goals. I don’t have to prove anything to anyone, including myself. This means all my energy can just be on enjoying the experience of life.[/quote]

How does your religion do this for you?[/quote]

Sorry— I didn’t get a chance to respond until now. My religion helps me to understand that life is nothing but an experience— and how I experience life is up to me. I choose how I react to life. I can choose to react to events with worry and anxiety, or I can choose to not. I can choose to feel like I need to achieve goals— or I can choose to not. I can choose to be self-critical because I want to meet some external standard; or I can choose to constantly strive to be better just because that makes for an even better experience. [/quote]

Thanks.  This sounds like a good philosophy, but not religious, because you didn't mention anything about the promise of an afterlife.[/quote]

Not all religions require a belief in the afterlife.[/quote]

Which religions don't have a belief in an afterlife?[/quote]

Hinduism. You don’t have to believe in an afterlife if you don’t want to, because the focus is on this life. Some people find it helpful to believe in karmic consequences and the cycle of rebirth, as that will motivate them to make correct actions in this life, but you don’t need to believe this. Some of us believe that the cycle of rebirth happens within a single lifetime, and that alone motivates us to make ever better choices in life.[/quote]

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