> > > Dan: > I don't know... there are different kinds of desire. Desire that my > children and grandchildren have a good life is more about others (in a SOM > sense) than desire to feed my face a cheeseburger. > > Furthermore I think it is unproductive to say desire is the root of all > suffering. We all desire a better life -- good food to eat, a roof over our > head, a place in the world -- for our own self as well as for those we love. > There is nothing wrong with that. >
Darn that Siddhartha! He's been leading us astray all this time. > Suffering drives evolution. Without suffering the world might well be but a > ball of primordial slime (though according to some that might be an > improvement over the modern world). > So you could say something similar to Buddha but ending on a more positive note - Suffering holds the key to all desire. I like that. I was thinking something along these lines this morning in my garden, that the roots grow deepest when they have to really strain for the water in the ground. > > Thanks for reading, > Hey, thanks for writing. I have really appreciated your contributions lately Dan. Juan Carlos > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > -- ------------ Doing Good IS Being ------------ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
