/////////////So the issue is not desire per se but rather:
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Can we desire what is beneficial for ourselves and others? •
Can we pursue it with skillful means? For example, there might be a positive aim, such as helping a child to read, but if a parent goes about it with yelling, that’s not skillful. •
Can we be at peace with what happens? Different parts of the brain handle liking—enjoying or preferring something—and wanting, in the sense here of craving. This means it is possible to aim high and be ambitious without being consumed by pressure and drivenness . Sure, there could be disappointment about not achieving a goal, but there can also be acceptance—and enthusiasm for the next opportunity
//////////////////////////Happy indeed we live, friendly amidst the hostile. Amidst hostile people, we dwell free from hatred. DHAMMAPADA 197
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Can we desire what is beneficial for ourselves and others? •
Can we pursue it with skillful means? For example, there might be a positive aim, such as helping a child to read, but if a parent goes about it with yelling, that’s not skillful. •
Can we be at peace with what happens? Different parts of the brain handle liking—enjoying or preferring something—and wanting, in the sense here of craving. This means it is possible to aim high and be ambitious without being consumed by pressure and drivenness . Sure, there could be disappointment about not achieving a goal, but there can also be acceptance—and enthusiasm for the next opportunity
//////////////////////////Happy indeed we live, friendly amidst the hostile. Amidst hostile people, we dwell free from hatred. DHAMMAPADA 197
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