so the GD thread got locked, but atheism as a religion?

[marions ghost]

29. Good video

I watched it--yeah I wish more people would see the magic in nature --maybe they wouldn't torture the earth so much. But OK I think there are different mindsets. Your type of mind has come to this conclusion, by living awhile, by surviving a bad religious experience, or by just feeling this is right for you--whatever, however. The physical world is it, OK. But other types of minds are not the same--they bond
more with traditions and teachings, ways of "right living," confirming positive rituals (we hope they're no longer sacrificing children on the altar, maybe chickens). They gravitate to groups for the contemplation of let's just say "the unseen," the mystery. And you find people turning to religions particularly after experiencing trauma. Gives them solace. Works for them. Different coping mechanisms. Because we're all just coping with what we find here.

Here's a question, how do you feel about meditation--like done purposefully--with the purpose of achieving some form of change or ultimate enlightenment? Just that, no dogma, no words.
Would that be a no go?