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I'm super interested in this. Can you give a quick rundown of what the meetings are like? Do they start with group meditation? Sure thing! So the meeting starts with a time of quiet, some meditating and some talking quietly, while everyone arrives. Then, we have a time while whoever wants to may ...

Wow...just to have discussions like that. Amazing. Do you think you will go back? Are you tied to the church in some way that you need to be there in your ward? If if find a place like you visited today..it is everything. I am a spiritual person..and yet so long for communication that is sharing ...

Bremguy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:42 pm Can I ask, how long did the service last ?

It lasted about an hour and a half. It was the Salt Lake Buddhist Fellowship, by the way, in case you are interested in coming :)

Thank you so much for sharing this. I love the idea of prayer simply being a combination of meditation and gratitude. Gratitude to whatever the source is from which we and all that is comes. I like to pray to the mystery, to an "unknown God". Perhaps I am simply speaking to myself but I still find ...

I skipped church completely and on purpose for the first time today, and went to a Buddhist fellowship service instead. It was beautiful and uplifting, and far more interesting and meaningful to me than LDS church. It included meditation, singing together, a time when people could share about their ...

Reno is super close to Lake Tahoe, which is one of my favorite places in the world. It is so beautiful there! I used to spend some time there every summer as a little girl. I don't remember much about the church there, but I do remember that the ward we would go to was full of fellow visitors :)

Wow, guys, so much of this thread is just heartbreaking. I'm quite young and have never been married or even had a boyfriend, so I don't really understand what it must be like but obviously it's got to hurt so much. All the best to you all as you try to heal yourself and heal relationships where ...

Okay folks, I'm so incredibly happy and hopeful this morning, I just feel the need to share. It might end up being fairly long, I apologize in advance. I had an incredible discussion with my DW last night that lasted all through our drive and date last night. All told, it lasted about four hours ...

I am intrigued by your continued spiritual growth outside of the Mormon box. I hope you will share more about that when you feel comfortable. So am I, Xaphalanx. I would love to hear more about your transformative spiritual experience you wrote of, and of your current experience of faith. Hope you ...

xaphalanx wrote: ↑Thu Mar 01, 2018 5:21 pm I see Wisdom, authenticity, and understanding in the posts here and I'm impressed. Thanks for listening.

I just joined this forum too and see this as well. Thank you for sharing your story, Xaphalanx. I hope that this community continues to be a great support for both of us.

Welcome, I think you'll find everyone here to be supportive - I certainly have. I have wondered a lot lately how many of the people around us at church no longer believe either. If everyone were able to really discuss their feelings and doubts, how many would we have left? This. I look around often ...

Yes, I think that's the program! I would love to do it still, but maybe not before my older two are grown and my little is a teen. So cool! I hope you end up doing it :) If I end up doing some WWOOFing or something similar, I'll try to remember to post about it here so you can hear a bit more about ...

Wanted to take some time to respond :) Thanks for all your advice! I lived in Europe after graduating from college through a worker exchange program. Living and working overseas is an great learning experience. My experience helped me get beyond an amerocentric world view. That sounds awesome ...

Thank you for all of your great advice, everyone. It seriously feels so good to have this validation and encouragement. :) Welcome! Here's my advice: Keep it simple. Plan your dream trip. Pack your bags. Hug everyone goodbye. Go and see the world. Document every minute of it! No need to tell anyone ...

Hi Wanderer! Welcome to our ward family! Thanks! I want to do an actual introduction sometime soon I think :) That sucks that you are stuck at a church school. I went to BYUI. It drove me crazy even as a TBM (a pretty liberal TBM but still...) Yeah it does kind of suck... I've recently met some ...

So, I am a sophomore at a church school, and have been going through faith deconstruction for the past year or so. It has been really lonely, and I am so weary of hiding my true self, but am also sensitive/conflict-avoidant and not ready to face the tension and rejection that will almost certainly ...