"All suffering comes from desire or attachment"
I was reading Reese's blog for the first time since I got back from BC (more on that later) and I came across this quote: "All suffering comes from desire or attachment". I find this quote slightly ridiculous. Although it may be true, if you were to live by this, as I guess at least one person does, what would be the point of life?!?!? Tell me this: if you had absolutely no desire in your life, why would you do anything? Everything you do is driven by desire, be it yours or someone else's. Try to imagine what life would be like without desire! If you had no desires, you wouldn't bother to even make an effort at school, relationships, even life!
Now attachments. For me attachments mean relationships, and relationships mean love. And what would life be without love?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Without relationships, life would be nothing. Everything that you learn (in my opinion) you learn from relationships. Even though relationships can sometimes mean pain and sadness, what you reap from these relationships is worth the pain and suffering by a million times. I will use Rushan as an example. I have known Rushan for almost 3 years and in that short time, I have grown to know and love him. He has taught me more about life and spirituality than any one else and more about other things than any teacher possibly could have. Unfortunatly, Rushan is moving to New Hampshire in October. While I am very sad that he is leaving, I wouldn't trade my time with him for anything. Everything I have learned and experienced with and because of Rushan is worth more than all the pain in the world. Heck even just having someone to talk to at 3 AM is worth it!
For this reason, and many more, I think this "philosophy" is a load of bull used by someone as an excuse for wasting their whole life and is now bitter about it and is trying to force their cynical views on life on other people :D
Now attachments. For me attachments mean relationships, and relationships mean love. And what would life be without love?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Without relationships, life would be nothing. Everything that you learn (in my opinion) you learn from relationships. Even though relationships can sometimes mean pain and sadness, what you reap from these relationships is worth the pain and suffering by a million times. I will use Rushan as an example. I have known Rushan for almost 3 years and in that short time, I have grown to know and love him. He has taught me more about life and spirituality than any one else and more about other things than any teacher possibly could have. Unfortunatly, Rushan is moving to New Hampshire in October. While I am very sad that he is leaving, I wouldn't trade my time with him for anything. Everything I have learned and experienced with and because of Rushan is worth more than all the pain in the world. Heck even just having someone to talk to at 3 AM is worth it!
For this reason, and many more, I think this "philosophy" is a load of bull used by someone as an excuse for wasting their whole life and is now bitter about it and is trying to force their cynical views on life on other people :D
Yeah, what you said.
But seriously, I couldn't agree more with what's you think about this matter. I couldn't imagine what my life would be like if I shut myself in a hole and didn't become attached to anything or anyone. When I think back on my life, that is what pops out at me first and foremost. Without them, I'd be hard pressed to live happily. You can't experience the happiness and joy in life without knowing sadness and suffering. That's why I have no qualms about getting attached and getting hurt. It's life. Live it a little. And uh, do internet friends count as attachments? :-/
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Posted by
Charlie |
August 08, 2005 1:36 AM
Will!
I have absolutely no idea how to respond....you've finally managed to stump me. Suffice it to say that I am deeply moved by your comments...so deeply moved, in fact, that I can no longer focus to continue typying
Posted by
Rushan |
August 08, 2005 2:10 AM
I didn't say it because it meant that it's not worth suffering, it's just something to think about. Attachment is like the most wonderful meaningful thing, it means that, yeah, you love them. But maybe I'm saying that if you leave someone, and you suffer, you were attached. It's like, ok, I know that they did mean something to me whether they knew it, I knew it, or not.
Posted by
Reese |
August 08, 2005 4:22 AM