India Adventures (20) : Exaggerated Liking
During one of the revision classes of HHDL’s teachings, the Geshela said attachment is an exaggerated form of liking. The attractiveness of the object is exaggerated by the one attached. In order to lessen the suffering of attachment, one has to realise that this attachment is due to the exaggerated projection of our mind, that it the attached is subjected to change… and thus not as valuable as we imagine.
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I remember reading once,
that our liking is also our source of suffering.
As with our disliking too
Like and dislike are dimensions of attachment and aversion, the twin poisons that arise from the root poison of delusion
Amituofo
How true… let’s be always mindful and as equanimous as often as possible.
This reminds me of smth familiar… in the sutra of the 42 sections i thnk there is a verse that reminds us that thoughts are illusory…
“Be careful not to believe your own mind; your mind is not to be trusted”.