In my secular days.
-Buddhism. It was cool. It was sexy. It was seductive. Like Augustine's Manicheeism perhaps. No thoughts so no judgement. Great!
-women in a romantic sense
-women in a sexual sense
-status such as having a cool job and living in a foreign country
-money, money, money
-doing better than my siblings in a superficial secular sense
-excitement and fun
-music that helped me worship myself
-self- worship
-alcohol
-cigarettes
-gambling
-Hollywood movies
-stress and anxiety from work mainly
-Buddhism. It was cool. It was sexy. It was seductive. Like Augustine's Manicheeism perhaps. No thoughts so no judgement. Great!
-women in a romantic sense
-women in a sexual sense
-status such as having a cool job and living in a foreign country
-money, money, money
-doing better than my siblings in a superficial secular sense
-excitement and fun
-music that helped me worship myself
-self- worship
-alcohol
-cigarettes
-gambling
-Hollywood movies
-stress and anxiety from work mainly