Is religion-induced fear integral to Mormonism?

[Anonymous]

I want to attempt to combine hawkgrrrl’s and valoel’s last posts.

I agree totally with the concept of detachment. This is the sweet spot of life. Staying present to enjoy life, even when it’s hard. Not caring about what has happened, not worrying about what is to come, not expecting anything from anyone, not accepting anything negative from others.

This may sound cold and inhumane but this is the spirit of detachment. And when done correctly, we are open to feel joy, spread joy better than any other way.

I think attachment is the paradox of existence. I’m not sure what role theology, philosophy plays in this, but I do sense that at Stage 6, a complete detachment of earthly “cares” is experienced, and the one can commune with/minister to other humans in a purely charitable sense. Partly because existence is stripped of paradox: all things happen for a reason and that reason is for the experience itself, the uniquely human experience that one would never get as another organism or as a human living in another time/space or even as a different contemporary human.

Experiences create meaning, rather than human minds creating/interpreting meaning from experience.

Now, THAT would be staying present!!

all of this is IMHO!

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