Question & Answer #149: from Spirituality as a Cope to the Posture of Contemplating Catholics

Questions include: the function of spirituality from the perspective of biological evolution; narcissistic spiritual westerners; feeling the presence of a loved one after death; renunciation and the shaving of head and beard; counterproductive biological drives; survival of the organism vs. survival of the family; the primary goal of organisms in general; Christianity or Buddhism for improving a demographics crisis; James Tour; evolution again; sexual promiscuity; the ethics of intellectual curiosity; should all businesses be required to accept cash; the importance of the last moment of consciousness; Hindu superstition; deep friendships in Burma; Trump’s and Musk’s feud; Trump’s Burma ban; the Buddhist concept of human devolution; “nothing ever happens”; who speaks the best Pali; primordial mind (in Thai Buddhism); the volition of Arahants; and the meditative posture of contemplating Catholic monastics.

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