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01 Aug 2010, 6:49 pm

monitodelmonte wrote:
i wonder if cloister monks have a markedly higher percentage of members within the asperger spectrum than the average population... i bet they do...

i have always felt strongly drawn toward spirituality and contemplation, any one else in that direction here?

i would like to meet aspies who are into meditation and yoga...

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I've considered becoming a monk before, though of the Taoist variety. Unfortunately, as I am a non-denominational Taoist, I'd have to start my own sect and my own monastery and whatnot.

It's hard to get people to invest in that, especially when you start pitching the idea of high-speed internet in some areas of the monastery.


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18 Jan 2015, 10:57 am

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18 Jan 2015, 12:28 pm

Really interesting that you found friends (partly) because of politics. I grew up in that tradition and couldn't even consider going back because of the politics.



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18 Jan 2015, 12:34 pm

monitodelmonte wrote:
i wonder if cloister monks have a markedly higher percentage of members within the asperger spectrum than the average population... i bet they do...

i have always felt strongly drawn toward spirituality and contemplation, any one else in that direction here?

i would like to meet aspies who are into meditation and yoga...

monitodelmonte


I disagree... studies have shown the same spread of religious philosophies in Aspies as in NTs... that is to say, some of us are atheist, some are spirtual, some are religious, in the same percentages as the NTs.


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18 Jan 2015, 12:52 pm

I used to want to be a monk--but my stubborn atheism got in the way.