My desire my pain
Althought I am not a smart person, I know enough to know that I know nothing. Althought, I can't say for sure how many billions of times an individual has thought about this topic, I can't help to speak of the topic which has bothered me for such a long time.
If you read my title, I am sure you could perhaps guess what I am referring to. But in case you are unsure or just want me to say it outloud, the topic is on what we as humans desire and the results which will disappoint us and cause us much pain.
If anybody reads this post, I am sure you will understand what I mean. This topic is not limited to an age group or a nationality, but ever changing and lets be honest, ever annoying!
I hear this term when I was in high school and a teacher was talking about Buddha. Below are his four noble truths, which I have listed below:
1. the noble truth that life involves suffering
2. noble truth that suffering arises from craving
3. the noble truth that suffering ends with the removal of craving
4. the noble truth that there is a way to the end of suffering.
As I walked away from that classroom and now even years later, I can't but help try to live by these rules but still am not able to.
Perhaps someone reading this might disagree with how we as humands always having desires. But it seems to me when we are children, we desire to play and have fun. As teens, we desire for perhaps friends and to fit-in. As adults, we desire for new advantages and later on perhaps for a mate and a family. And as we hit an old age, we desire for knowledge. Knowledge of what you might ask, but if you ask that questions, then you are lucky because you do not have to think about that just yet. But just in case you really want to know, knowledge of the next step of life. Or should I say, the next step beyond what we know of as life, to the unknown which we use religion and etc to try to explain, but are we kidding ourselves by doing so? This you must answer for yourself for I am sure each and everyperson will have a different answer.
At this point, some might wonder what age group I fit into. To be honest, I am not sure myself. No, it's not because I am lying to myself about my age or that I am lying to you. But honestly, I can find reasons to fit myself into any and all age groups because I do not look at myself by just my age. I am not limited by my age and therefore do not have to place myself into an age group. As such, I do not fit into any one of them.
What are my desires and what pains has my desires caused me? Well, desires for me is never ending. But as a human, I am sure each and every person is the same way with desires. As a child, I desired to grow up. If you are an adult, I think you would know my pain without even me saying it. My youth is gone and I have nothing to show for it and only regrets of ever wishing to grow up so fast. Why did I desire such a stupid thing when as a kid when I had no problems or worries? As a teen, I desired for material objects and of course a mate but was also disappointed with the outcome. As an adult, I desire for advantages and living life, and more important, a mate and a family, but the outcome also pains me. And as I sit here and share my thoughts outloud to the whole world, I can't but help wonder about the many questions which humans have asked from the beginning of time about life and death and beyond space and etc. Yet still no answers only desires of knowing and wanting but pains of not knowing or getting.
If you read my title, I am sure you could perhaps guess what I am referring to. But in case you are unsure or just want me to say it outloud, the topic is on what we as humans desire and the results which will disappoint us and cause us much pain.
If anybody reads this post, I am sure you will understand what I mean. This topic is not limited to an age group or a nationality, but ever changing and lets be honest, ever annoying!
I hear this term when I was in high school and a teacher was talking about Buddha. Below are his four noble truths, which I have listed below:
1. the noble truth that life involves suffering
2. noble truth that suffering arises from craving
3. the noble truth that suffering ends with the removal of craving
4. the noble truth that there is a way to the end of suffering.
As I walked away from that classroom and now even years later, I can't but help try to live by these rules but still am not able to.
Perhaps someone reading this might disagree with how we as humands always having desires. But it seems to me when we are children, we desire to play and have fun. As teens, we desire for perhaps friends and to fit-in. As adults, we desire for new advantages and later on perhaps for a mate and a family. And as we hit an old age, we desire for knowledge. Knowledge of what you might ask, but if you ask that questions, then you are lucky because you do not have to think about that just yet. But just in case you really want to know, knowledge of the next step of life. Or should I say, the next step beyond what we know of as life, to the unknown which we use religion and etc to try to explain, but are we kidding ourselves by doing so? This you must answer for yourself for I am sure each and everyperson will have a different answer.
At this point, some might wonder what age group I fit into. To be honest, I am not sure myself. No, it's not because I am lying to myself about my age or that I am lying to you. But honestly, I can find reasons to fit myself into any and all age groups because I do not look at myself by just my age. I am not limited by my age and therefore do not have to place myself into an age group. As such, I do not fit into any one of them.
What are my desires and what pains has my desires caused me? Well, desires for me is never ending. But as a human, I am sure each and every person is the same way with desires. As a child, I desired to grow up. If you are an adult, I think you would know my pain without even me saying it. My youth is gone and I have nothing to show for it and only regrets of ever wishing to grow up so fast. Why did I desire such a stupid thing when as a kid when I had no problems or worries? As a teen, I desired for material objects and of course a mate but was also disappointed with the outcome. As an adult, I desire for advantages and living life, and more important, a mate and a family, but the outcome also pains me. And as I sit here and share my thoughts outloud to the whole world, I can't but help wonder about the many questions which humans have asked from the beginning of time about life and death and beyond space and etc. Yet still no answers only desires of knowing and wanting but pains of not knowing or getting.
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