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Originally Posted by Angela  Exactly! If your perspective is that you "need" sex or art to be happy, then if you are not having sex or art, you're not happy. If you view sex and art as preferences, then you are free to be happy even if sex or art are not currently present. (And all we have is the present.) |
This reminds me of something I read long ago. It said:
1. Lower beings use needs.
2. Higher beings use preferences.
3. The highest use nothing.
Personally, I hover around #2. Being #3 sounds odd (and almost boring) to me, but maybe one day it wouldn't. Being #1 sounds unhappy.