LaffingRain
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that reminds me Starry, this friend of mine put it the same way, only he used desire as the idea, instead of the entire ego.
In some eastern schools, the idea was to red oneself of desire. yet that cannot be done either. for first you'd have a desire. a desire to be without a desire. therefore you would be chasing your tail.
same with the ego of chasing after the state of enlightenment and to claim to be unattached to anything.
we're in a body therefore we're attached to it. a better way to understand these things is to be unattached emotionally to the outcome of any situation and look at that as equanimity.
equanimity is to be in the world, but not of it, or to derive the best of two worlds. Here, and also there.
in a way, what I'm saying is, don't worry. because worry never accomplished the thing desired anyway. It either turned out good, or it turned out bad, and all the worrying done didn't make it turn out good (if it turned out good) what I then do, if things work out good, I wonder why I worried about in the first place?
so worry is a waste of time. I find I'm still quite capable of inventing problems that simply aren't there, lending energy to them and then finding out later I made it all up in my head. there was no problem. this happens enough times, and equanity in the emotions takes place over time. the way I figure everything works out good in the end. It was easier to explain as faith.
nobody wants to hear that word anymore. too simplified.
nice image Starry. welcome.
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