Observed: a security guard from a provincial town with delusions of grandeur. He claims he is God because he sold his soul to the devil and will become God after death. No real achievements, does not study, unskilled labor, drinks alcohol, uses substances, watches TV. I met him because he left a profile on an asexual dating site. It turned out he lied for unclear reasons and is actually a regular sexual person. Blocked.
From GPT chat:
Important point:
Grandiose delusions often arise in people who:
feel inner helplessness,
experience strong frustration,
live in limited conditions,
have a chronic sense of unfulfillment.
The mind compensates:
“Right now I am nobody, but actually I am chosen.”
This is not anger or stupidity – it is the psyche’s way of coping with pain.
About Christianity… they obey miracles – virgin birth and resurrection from dead…. why not to obey Motherhood as self-sacrifice and a moral person who died for own faith… why do they need to invent these miracles?
Studying religions I realized there are no human-made perfect systems, only divine system is perfect. I believe in science not in religions, but I dont exclude Divine cos of unexplainable power of deaths and rebirths… I have own connection with God without any religion, Buddhism so far is the closest understanding of the system I found and its atheistic cos the role of God plays Karma Law. I also believe that faith in God is humans natural purpose and its nice to put service to God first to kill ego and be more effective in everyday life. So I believe I’m agnostic – I believe in God but not in that God can be explained. I like Buddhism also.
He said the first question is not useful for practice, and the second one is beyond human understanding of beginning and end – like a singularity outside time.
Because of this, it doesn’t really work to say that nirvana is the beginning of samsara. It’s unclear how a perfectly enlightened being, who has reached nirvana, could suddenly produce initial karma that starts samsara (the wheel of rebirth).
Also, the word “eternal” feels strange. “Forever” doesn’t really exist – never forever, keep the beat.
The main difference between Mahayana and Hinayana:
The icon in Mahayana practice is the bodhisattva, not the “individual saint.”
A bodhisattva strives for awakening for the sake of all beings, not just for their own liberation.
Compassion and wisdom are equal in importance.
Hinayana asks: “How can I end my suffering?”
Mahayana asks: “How can there be liberation if someone else is still suffering?”
P.S. A bodhisattva is not necessarily a deity or a rebirthed; one can follow the bodhisattva path as a monk or an average person.
I want to add that bodhisattva way of thinking can be applied to all the aspects of life, to business as well. When you start business not for own prosperity but for the progress and well-being of others as well. the accent in this case shifts towards altruism and charity, not ego. Dont do business to become rich, but gain main target to help as many ppl as it is possible via money you get from business staying sustainable.
After studying religions of the world, Buddhism seems much more advanced than the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). The only thing I can’t understand is the Dalai Lama’s rebirths. For some unclear reason, it’s only men (never women), and they are born in one specific region, not all over the Earth… seems like nonsense.
Also, it’s unclear why the Buddha did not accept the immortality of the soul (with built-in memory for working off karma in the next life), but instead said the soul is like a flame passed from one candle to another. I don’t really get that – how does the memory from previous life preserve to the next one?
Christianity says: repent and you will enter Heaven. This applies even to Hitler. Meanwhile, non-Christians will not enter Heaven, such as the murdered Jewish girl, Anne Frank.
The basic question lies in the moral framework itself, which prioritizes correct belief over actual conduct. This reframes morality as loyalty to doctrine rather than as a measure of goodness or compassion.
By this logic, obedience is valued above kindness, submission above fairness, and fear above empathy. So, people who follow such a system have no right to teach non-believers about right and wrong. If a god’s “justice” looks the same as injustice, then the teaching might be wrong – not the people who doubt it.
