Because
of our craving, The Buddha is saying, we want things to be
understandable. We reduce, concretize, or substantialize experiences or
feelings, which are, in their very nature, fleeting or evanescent. In
so doing, we define ourselves by our moods and by our thoughts. We do
not just let ourselves be happy or sad, for instance; we must become a
happy person or a sad one. This is the chronic tendency of the ignorant
or deluded mind, to make “things” out of that which is no thing.
Seeing craving shatters this predisposition; it becomes preposterous to
try to see substance where there is none.
~ Mark Epstein
Quote from: Thoughts Without a Thinker
~ Mark Epstein
Quote from: Thoughts Without a Thinker
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