I’ve been reflecting a bit and have come to these conclusions.

I’ve been reflecting a bit and have come to these conclusions.

Buddhism offers numerous proofs and complex logical concepts that have been developed by its followers. But what is it all for? In fact, it aims to show what psychologists discuss.

There is you, and you are influenced by your parents, society, school, and family. All of this shapes your personality and thinking. At certain moments, your psyche begins to fragment in order to adapt, and this sometimes disables critical thinking within the system you are in. In Buddhism, this is called obscurations. There are many psychopractices aimed at getting rid of them. A psychotherapist essentially does the same thing: they help return a person to their original “self” and adapt this “self” to reality. When your “self” aligns with reality, you begin to see the world as it is: as Zen monks say, “mountains are mountains, grass is grass.” I am convinced that this state can be achieved by turning off thoughts and simply observing what is around you. This doesn’t even relate to religion.

I don’t rule out the possibility that Christ, after spending 40 days in the desert, also reached a similar state of zen. Perhaps after that, he understood what was what and began to criticize the Pharisees. It is quite possible that Buddha also experienced this state of zen, revisited all the teachings of Hinduism, and renounced the authority of the Vedas.