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my first visit. Impressive. The notion that our happiness actually lies in helping others instead of trying relentlessly to get ahead ourselves has been a major spiritual principle in my life in a way. Not always straightforward and easy but the old Buddhist quote is something which has always stayed with me - 'The only joy in life comes from desiring the happiness of others. The only suffering comes from desiring our own happiness'. Its an interesting phenomeneon - so many new age philosophies talk about healthy self love and yet in the East we would try and 'extinguish all our desires and selfishness'. As a Westerner, this has always been somewhat of a connundrum for me.
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Jomei
on September 4, 2005 at 8:20 PM
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my first visit. Impressive. The notion that our happiness actually lies in helping others instead of trying relentlessly to get ahead ourselves has been a major spiritual principle in my life in a way. Not always straightforward and easy but the old Buddhist quote is something which has always stayed with me - 'The only joy in life comes from desiring the happiness of others. The only suffering comes from desiring our own happiness'. Its an interesting phenomeneon - so many new age philosophies talk about healthy self love and yet in the East we would try and 'extinguish all our desires and selfishness'. As a Westerner, this has always been somewhat of a connundrum for me.
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Jomei
on September 4, 2005 at 8:20 PM
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great post, ravencat
my sentiments exactly. great work.
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avant-garde
on September 4, 2005 at 2:27 PM
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I'm with nature, I abhor a vacuum too...lol...sorry...this was a good post!!
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Julia.
on September 4, 2005 at 2:20 PM
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