Originally posted by Sue Hindmarsh:
As I?ve said already ? our attachments are deeply rooted in us ? so much so, that we do not have to ?think? before we act. That is why some people do the most horrible things to each other in the name of love, peace and kindness.
For example: a woman tells her husband that she will love him forever, but then meets someone who she finds more attractive, and runs off with him. The husband reminds her that she had said that she would love him forever. She replies that that was then, and this is now.
Armies fighting on different sides of the battle field both feel that they are fighting for what is right.
A man runs into a burning house to save his neighbour, only to perish himself, whilst his neighbour survives. His heroic deed leaves behind a wife and two small children, who end up losing their home and lifestyle because they have lost their sole breadwinner. The neighbour helps out for as long as he can, but he too has a mortgage to pay, and small children to feed and educate.
As we can see, the combination of attachments and circumstances is what comprises our existence. If we did take our lives more seriously and consider our attachments, we would then be able to understand our actions better and thereby deal more wisely with circumstances as they arose.
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Sue
Sue,
There is no content here.
You write - 'As we can see...'
I wouldn't take that forgranted. I don't see that your points coherently bring us to 'see' anything.
Is there anything you can point to that backs up your position besides your own 'infallible' logic - or did you just have a eureka moment in the bath one day?
This may be acceptable in high school but you can't get away with it here. I direct you to:
www.psychomumbojumboagogo.com Blacknad.
