I've gained much insight from a Buddhist monk. The important thing is the temple within each of us..

I've gained much insight from a Buddhist monk. The important thing is the temple within each of us..

 1 Corinthians 3:16 "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?"

link to info on buddhism - very much also a religious believe system where they I believe focus on the "temple within" which also impacts how they treat others............... if you scroll down to "the three fires" heading at this link................. https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub/worldreli... because buddhist realize how you are to people outside of yourself, is a relection of how you are within yourself. but you know when people attack me it does put me in a funk but buddism reminds me........................to focus more within because what other people say or do to me isn't where the ground of my life my soul needs to be "tilled" that is issues they have ---------- in having compassion for others I'm tilling the ground good they can fight right fight me fight each other - that's their style of ground tilling my style is partially buddist bit buddhist I follow jesus yes - but this tilling of the ground inside of my soul having compassion for others...............maybe not buying so much stuff --------- so that I can donate to charity more ----------- because I am not what I own neither are you we are what we are inside of ourselves we will either be or become "enlightened" and loving and caring for each other or we will instead go the way of the flesh....................which is a way of hate and violence to animals and other people via attacking them Romans 1:27-29 King James Version 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, fellow native americans they say whichever wolf you feed that is the one that will live whether your flesh or your spirit but it is hard these days - many distractions very hard to find time to meditate very hard to not get very stressed out..............and choked up spiritually Luke 8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. maybe one is very buisy in life and still manages to bring some "fruit to perfection" -------- but most are very buisy, life is very challenging I feel in the modern world.