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Originally Posted by Vicariously Yours  If I recall, one of the main tenets of Buddhism is that "Life is suffering." And the cause of this suffering is desire. Even if your desires are fulfilled, they inevitably give rise to more desires, which perpetuates the cycle. Hence, to eliminate suffering requires detaching from all desire. I don't think I am misunderstanding this. It is true that the enlightened Masters on this planet do not generally "run around manifesting stuff." They do not because they ostensibly do not have (or, at least, should not have) any desires. That's ANY desires. Period.
This seems diametrically opposed to the teachings of the LoA, and virtually everything proposed by the Abraham-Hicks material, all of which state that it is impossible to NOT have desires, and, in fact, it is our desires (stemming from the development of preferences, which, in turn, stem from the various contrasts and variety that exist on our plane) that are the basis for the very expansion of the All That Is. Ergo: no desires = no expansion of the Universe. Period.
It's likely someone will have a different perspective on all this, and I'd like to hear it...it might help me solve this apparent dilemma. |
"Life is suffering" .... WHAT!!!??
did the Buddha say that or did someone else transcribe that?
he was just having a bad day if and when he said that
as far as I know, life is pretty blissful.
