{"id":8003,"date":"2010-11-22T16:34:03","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T08:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=8003"},"modified":"2010-11-22T16:36:16","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T08:36:16","slug":"a-perfect-sickness-or-virtue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/11\/a-perfect-sickness-or-virtue\/","title":{"rendered":"A Perfect Sickness Or Virtue?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maybe we are imperfect,
\nwhich is why we love the imperfect. [1]
\nIs this a sickness or a virtue?<\/p>\n

Maybe we love the perfect, [2]
\nthough those already perfect don’t really need our love? [3]
\nIs this a sickness or a virtue?<\/p>\n

The truth is,
\nwe love the imperfect [4]
\nbut\u00a0 we love the perfect too. [5]<\/p>\n

We love to perfect the imperfect. [6]
\nWe love to emulate the perfect. [7]
\nWe love to become perfect. [8]<\/p>\n

Notes
\n<\/strong>
\n[1] people, things and places
\n[2] like the Buddhas
\n[3] as they are totally fulfilled
\n[4] out of compassion
\n[5] out of admiration
\n[6] to transform our defilements to virtues
\n[7] by learning from the Buddhas
\n[8] by becoming Buddhas<\/p>\n

From https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/08\/love-everyone<\/a>:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Love those imperfect\u2026
\nbecause they can be perfect.<\/p>\n

Love those trying to be perfect\u2026
\nbecause they will be perfect.<\/p>\n

Love those perfect\u2026
\nbecause they are already perfect.<\/p>\n

– Stonepeace<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even the imperfect
\nhas a perfect virtue –
\nit can become perfect.<\/p>\n

– Stonepeace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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