People who say they have lost their faith may never have had much if any to begin with. What they have lost is something that fed their imagination, or their thinking mind, as in doctrine, or their warm feelings religious. So I suggest they think about meditation since it is a manner of being that does not rely on or seek to please the imagination, the mind or feelings. They don’t have to spend time letting go of deity images, since they are bereft of them anyway. When I say God is No Thing, they can agree that god is nothing. No Thing and nothing are not the same, but it is a start. It is easier to meditate if you don’t have to let go of something, or even seek something. You feel empty? Good. Meditation works with that. Many people have gotten into recovery or into a deep spiritual life who started out with “I lost my faith.” They were lost and then they were found.
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