bellsov on Nostr: I grew up in a Roman Catholic household, rejected it, started a secular meditation ...

I grew up in a Roman Catholic household, rejected it, started a secular meditation practice, then gradually studied Buddhism. Today I'm a practicing Buddhist.

Why?

Because over the years I learned to rely on myself, not others. Catholicism teaches one to look for an external savior. Buddhism teaches one to look inside for what one needs.

So the latter is much more synchronized with my worldview.