this feels almost too obvious to say but - christianity is unbelievably deep in the shadow of the american psyche, so much of american spirituality is specifically about tiptoeing around christianity

might need to read the bible in order to understand anything at all 😩

“western buddhism” ah you mean trying to get as far away from christianity as possible even though the christian memes are just down a layer or two? got it

tbc by “american spirituality” i mean the stuff american hippies do, as opposed to the stuff american christians do, tricky to point exactly at the right cluster

this is obnoxiously difficult to talk about in part because of culture war fallout - i’ve been around liberal spaces my whole life, low grade “christianity = republicans = don’t believe in science = racist = hates women = evil” brainworms in the water the entire time