This is a very weird question, so no worries if y’all don’t have great answers because I have exactly zero answers myself.
I’ve been thinking recently about how I am a dedicated ML, and do subscribe to materialism. But I also have a spiritual tinge to me, one that was pretty fired up by psychedelic use and the listening to some Buddhist audios along with Duncan Trussell and Alan Watts.
I guess I’m just wondering if there’s any serious contradictions by subscribing to MLMZT while also getting a little deeper into the metaphysical aspect of philosophy? I have always found the Buddhist outlook and the lenses that I look at life through propelled by psychedelic use very useful, interesting, motivating, and just fun.
Like, I can recognize when there’s people just saying extremely vague things and selling a “get enlightened NOW” course for $999.99, so don’t get the idea that I’m like falling into some culty shit. I just enjoy the hope-core, insightful/philosophical takes that don’t seem to fall directly in line with Marxism.
The Egg story (Kurg video on YT ironically enough, the Gates funded channel) being an example, or Duncan Trussells “The Midnight Gospel” (which I haven’t actually watched but just saw the one famous clip of the mother being sucked away into death as she talked about the ego, reincarnation, the universe just being love, etc.)
Interestingly, I actually got involved with Marxism originally partly because of psychedelic use and the shock it sent through my philosophical/world outlook.
Anyways yap over, THIRD PARAGRAPH IS THE MEAT OF THE POST!!! thx in advance <3
I’m into spirituality. Meditating, reading about religion, talking to religious people, sometimes even praying with them, spiritual things involving nature and the universe etc. Hasn’t stopped me from being a marxist.
Maybe it isn’t always a perfect combination but the perfect Marxist doesn’t exist I guess. I have fun while doing so and I learn a lot of new things about a lot of cultures.
That’s kind of what I thought I’d hear and what I already sort of believed, I just wanted to hear this community’s thoughts.
Spirituality helps me with the things I can’t make sense of using Marxism (which honestly is pretty little, outside of the largest unanswered questions known to human kind lol). It gives a motivating and interesting look into the very weird coincidences that I experience, and like you said, experience into other cultures and practicing mindfulness through meditation. It is just a net positive for me, and it’s not like it directly contradicts any actions I take in the world. It seems to validate further my organizational efforts to better society.