--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In > [email protected], "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > All expectations are nothing more > > > than premeditated anger. > > > > Excellent. Great line. Great insight. > > It doesn't even make *sense*. What the heck > is "premeditated anger"? Is he suggesting one > decides in advance one wants to be angry and > creates an expectation one knows won't be > fulfilled in order to have an excuse for the > anger?
Yes, that seems to be exactly what he is suggesting. > I suppose that could be true in some cases, but > in *all* cases? That's patently absurd. > > So what happens when you have an expectation--a > positive one--that's fulfilled? Do you therefore > become angry because you don't have an excuse for > your anger? There are expectations that invoke anger and there are expectations that invoke temporary satisfaction. >From the point of view of Buddhist thought, both are equally binding, and both are equally premeditated. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
