I think you would have got a better reaction if you had kept it vague / respectful of other creeds. Stated like that, it is effectively proselytism - which I understand is something your creed might encourage, but most people are wont to react badly to people telling them what to believe in.
Next time, if you replace that sentence with “I concentrated on my faith rituals”, you will likely not get any bad reaction.
>Next time, if you replace that sentence with “I concentrated on my faith rituals”, you will likely not get any bad reaction.
Why should he have to deny or mask his own faith when speaking with himself?
After all it is a list he created to give to his younger self....Could you just imagine yourself going back in time and masking your own faith to your younger self, on account suggesting to yourself what faith to practice may result in a bad reaction..from yourself.
He was talking about advice he would give to his younger self.
Yeah, the Christian faith as it is popularly practiced, has a bad reputation for being pushy about their creed ... but I don't think this guy is doing that.
I'll flip it the other way. People in the West don't feel as defensive about Buddhism, or even mindfulness meditation. Almost everyone who has some initial success with mindfulness meditation methods (like vipassana) will go around trying to tell everyone how awesome life-changing it is. I went through such a period as well, wrote a bunch about it on Quora, before settling down.
Next time, if you replace that sentence with “I concentrated on my faith rituals”, you will likely not get any bad reaction.