[Buddha-l] Re: **REALLY** Western Buddhism

[Joy Vriens]

>MIKE: 
>How does having an imaginery friend yield real benefits? 

Having an imaginary friend and praying can yield real benefits, because they are a first (though unfortunately often also  last) step in the direction of opening up to reality as it is  (at least in the way it affects us directly) by acknowledging things aren't under our control and/or even out of control.