The turn of mind
To sensual pleasures
Seems innocent
In ignorance
Blinded by passion
The sticky pleasure
Of desire fulfilled
Does not permit
Easy return.
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- Buddhist_philosopher
- Helena, Montana, United States
- I am an almost-life-long Montanan; a baptized Catholic; an ardent Atheist; a practicing Buddhist; a lover of Wisdom. I find solitude to be as essential as air, though I am at times gregarious, and very often joyful, alone and with others. I laugh at my own jokes, love learning, and love those who truly love.... anything. I have certainty in little, and little time for those who are certain of much, though admire those whose certainty leads to service of humankind. I have a BA and almost an MA in (Western) Philosophy, an MA in Buddhist Studies, and am working on a Ph.D. in Buddhist Ethics at the U of London.
2 comments:
Just skimming through and came across this. So relevant to me now.
How strange. Perhaps it wasn't a coincidence. A warning sign for me....
Heya SJ - yea - it's true of my life more often than I'd like to think... I seem to have developed a pattern of diving into pleasure-filled experiences and then diving out, and into a very austere, simple lifestyle... It was with some reading of Ken Wilber (I posted on him a bit in October or November '05) that I've tried to develop a middle way, walking the tight rope of balanceing both passions and self-discipline... It gets easier.
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