I don’t believe in beliefs Loki.
Obsessive-compulsive mental fixation is not about the Word of God, Buddhism or whatever …. it is the mind trying to become it or possess it (or whatever it is, I am not a mental health expert) – but mind cannot, because mind is just an interpreter of reality – not Reality itself.
(Although I think (not sure though) that in Theravāda Buddhism the word “mind” is also used to mean “awareness”.
I would separate the 2 words however for clarification, because there is an awake quality, awareness in us that can observe the mind and its workings objectively).
The Buddhist teacher I followed said something like … that … there is no such thing as “Buddhism”. Ultimately Buddhism doesn’t exist, because Reality doesn’t have any subtle concepts in it. Reality is straight up, if it rains, it rains, rain is not a belief or any kind of “ism”.
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Children play the
‘don’t step in the lava’ game, but it seems in OCD this
mind game is played still in adulthood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY8pv_WDLWk&ab_channel=bethluvshawaii
It is not that the Bible, Buddhism or Yoga are dangerous, it is the mind-games we can develop or create from our beliefs.
The more we focus on being securely saved from demons, the more strength or weight we give to the demons of and in our minds.
That is how the dual mind works, functions.
To surrender our minds. Trusting in letting go and letting God sort the whole thing out for us is important:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXoIYVn2DKg&ab_channel=AnandMehrotra