"That which is annihilated by happiness or unhappiness in life is so annihilated; but that which is not annihilated is not annihilated. This is the essence of the scriptural teachings. One who has desires undergoes pleasant and unpleasant experiences. If one wishes to get rid of the disease of such experiences, the only thing to do is to get rid of the desires." - Vasistha's Yoga
Thar she blows! - the great white whale of any spiritual path worth its salt of the earth: Advaita Vedanta, Buddhism of every stripe, even that strain of Christianity that still recognizes moth and rust in the temporal (as opposed to the prosperity theology infecting so much of Christianity today). But from the moment we are born the conditioning begins and we are besieged by insatiable cravings passed on from generation to generation. We are addicted to the pleasant, ever fleeing the unpleasant, notwithstanding our peg legs stumbling ever after in this futile chase from sea to whining sea.
"Who has invented these expressions and superimposed them on the pure void which is supreme peace?"
You know who.
Thar she blows! - the great white whale of any spiritual path worth its salt of the earth: Advaita Vedanta, Buddhism of every stripe, even that strain of Christianity that still recognizes moth and rust in the temporal (as opposed to the prosperity theology infecting so much of Christianity today). But from the moment we are born the conditioning begins and we are besieged by insatiable cravings passed on from generation to generation. We are addicted to the pleasant, ever fleeing the unpleasant, notwithstanding our peg legs stumbling ever after in this futile chase from sea to whining sea.
"Who has invented these expressions and superimposed them on the pure void which is supreme peace?"
You know who.
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