Desire vs Love
Desire
According to Buddhist psychology, most of our troubles are due to our passionate desire for, attachment to things that we misapprehend as enduring entities. The pursuit of the objects of our desire and attachment involves the use of aggression and competitiveness…These mental processes easily translate into actions, breeding belligerence. Such processes have been going on in the human mind since time immemorial, but their execution has become more effective under modern conditions. What can we do to control and regulate these “poisons”—delusion, greed and aggression? For it is these poisons that are behind almost every trouble in the world. -His Holiness the Dalai Lama
——————————————————————————–
HI All,
Desire n Love - quite interestin dont u all agree? In my sociology class ages ago, we hav this discussion bout the above theme….
We watch the movie called Chocolate to help us distinguish btw the two feelins … I guess most of us experience the feelins - sometimes we’re confused which of those feelins are appropriate n how do we distinguish it, when it happens to us???
Dalai Lama put it really nicely, Desire = Delusion n therefore create attachment, which will then progress to sufferings n agressiveness.. but how can We prevent it? how can we control it??? cos the more we pushes it, the more it haunt us… =)
The answer not given by Dalai Lama, cos it lies within us … I guess those selfishness of wot so called desire, needs loving kindness as its prescription.. Universal lovin kindness meditation to divert our attachment to desire…
About Non-Self is another qty??? Mayb will talk bout it next time…
In the mean time, hope u guys well n happy in woteva endeavours u had in life ….
With Metta,
Mel
