Usually what happens in modern times when someone adopts a spiritual ideology. It's not based on any actual yearning for a belief in working toward a greater good or an afterlife or service to a supreme being, it's just bullshit to fluff your own ego and have something cute to say about yourself and bae your entire personality on.
See: literally every soyboy and white bitch ever claiming they're pagans and witches and odinists.
I think they also subconsciously look for what they're missing, but don't put in the effort to actually change. Many of the Western Buddhists I've met are bitter and nasty people, selfish, etc. About the opposite of what Buddhism teaches.
Usually what happens in modern times when someone adopts a spiritual ideology. It's not based on any actual yearning for a belief in working toward a greater good or an afterlife or service to a supreme being, it's just bullshit to fluff your own ego and have something cute to say about yourself and bae your entire personality on.
See: literally every soyboy and white bitch ever claiming they're pagans and witches and odinists.
I think they also subconsciously look for what they're missing, but don't put in the effort to actually change. Many of the Western Buddhists I've met are bitter and nasty people, selfish, etc. About the opposite of what Buddhism teaches.