...so much she wouldn't have recognized her on the street." Death "Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable. And finally has come to look and not to buy." Craving "To crave and to have are as alike as a thing and its shadow. For when does a berry break upon the tongue as sweetly as when one longs to taste it? And when do ours senses know anything so utterly...
...their own privatepractice, stuck in their own ruts month in month out. As a result of hearing about one man's practice on Sunday I'm bringing more and more awareness to the gap between feeling and craving, the crucial gap on the Tibetan Wheel of Life which is apparently a major point of potential freedom. So I've been trying to notice my feelings (in Buddhism the word "feeling" is very specific...
...in it, but as a background flavor. I don't normally like coconut but that it was yummy! (Maybe the two weeks of military ship food made it good!) That's not a whole lot to go on... and I'm seriouslycraving it! I'm about to call every Latin soundinglast name in the phone book, asking if they're from Cartagena. If they are, I'll pay them to come make it (and teach me how!)... ok, not really, but it's...
I look to the left, i see my waste paper bin. In it it contain rubbish and a cup of finish-ed bubble tea. Now, i feel like drinking bubble tea ! I WANT PEACH RED TEA WITH GREEN APPLE JELLY !!! I want to eat the geylang famous bean curd. I want to go out !! I want this I want that, everything i want !
The longer I lock myself at home, the more food and things i will start to crave. Now, each time i crave to eat or to have that thing, any thing , I'll write/draw/scribble it down at my handy notebook...and step into the outside world. Time for me to explore and realize things that i never know. But where should i start ? Should i start from where i stopped ? Oh my... Oh my... You tell me.
...From your heated touch I can only recoil My skin set ablaze like a fire My blood burning hot My shaky limbs tremble in your grasp Holding me tighter The world shimmers in waves of heat My aching body craving a cool release My words trapped in a burning throat The coolness of sheets and pillows, slowly turns to a fiery warmth My slow thoughts, turning against me Turning to you This treacherous heat...
...the overall level of consciousness. Thus, wantingness and desire can be replaced by choice and decision. The downside of desire is expressed by its compulsory quality, which can lead to constant craving and drivenness." (Transcending the Levels of Consciousness, 120) I've been watching very seriously at the economic state of my United States recently. I figured that instead of being distracted...
