The Virtue of Delayed Gratification
What do Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Shintoism, and just about any other “ism” that’s survived more than a few Kool-Aid chugging parties have in common?
No, it’s not that they feature old guys dressed up in togas.
No, it’s not that they all rip off each other’s myths and verses.
No, it’s not that they spent thousands of years slaughtering each other in the name of some ethereal deity.
It is this: They each promote delayed gratification as one of the highest hu...
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Apr 16, 2021 12:43PM
Hmm. I dunno if mindfulness or forgiveness are delayed. I see religions as old-fashioned schools of psychotherapy, each promising a better quality of living through prescribed practices. I guess the effects of the practices are usually delayed, but sometimes they are done right now for the experience right now.
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