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Attachment is the real pain-producer lurking in our hearts.
Gen Gomlam
Gen Gomlam explains that our worst mental habit — desirous attachment — is very sneaky. Unlike the pain of anger or jealousy, attachent actually feels good at first. It exaggerates people’s good qualities and hides the bad, creating an illusion of perfection that inevitably leads to pain.
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How to Understand the Mind
Modern Buddhism
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Cherishing Others Protects Your Peace
If we really care and love people, then we'd have no basis to get jealous of them. Because why would we be jealous of them? We care for them, and if we care for people, what does that mean? We want them to be happy.
Are You Loving Them or Needing Them?
Real love is a mind that wants others to be happy — full stop. It values them, respects them, and just wants them to be happy. No conditions.
Your Mind Is Projecting Everything
If our mind is peaceful, we're happy regardless of our external situation… In any situation, it's how our mind is relating to what's appearing to it that determines whether we're miserable or happy.
What Are You Focusing on?
If something can be remedied, why be unhappy about it? And if there is no remedy for it, there is still no point in being unhappy.
The Joy of Overcoming Distraction
Our lives could be unbelievably wonderful, if it weren't for distraction.
Delusions Are Our Only Enemy
These mistaken states of mind are the only enemy of our lives. There are no intrinsic evil people in this world.
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