prittypriss said:

Ace said:

In a-googlin' some Buddhist stuff, I came across this:

I thought this was worth sharing.

Baba Booey!

Ace, have you read anything by Alan Watts yet? I would highly recommend him.

Also, something that has come up in my studies of Eastern philosophies, is the idea that we often struggle against what we are experiencing rather than being present. For instance, if we are angry, we think we should be feeling something other than the anger, and so we struggle against the anger, which makes us suffer all the more. This is related to the 2nd Noble Truth that the cause of our suffering arises from desire. We desire to feel something other than what we are feeling, and thus we suffer.

I think it is erroneous to believe that we can be happy all of the time. We are going to miserable sometimes, and it's ok to be miserable. It's ok to be unhappy. It is a part of the human experience. We create our suffering when we attach to the idea that we must be happy all of the time. It makes those times when we aren't happy, that much more difficult to bare.

I apreciate the content of your post.

I'm allergic to statements as it it is 'the truth' or validate them by naming writers.

Yes, if you control your desires and wishes to a minimum, any related dissapointment will also minimilize.

And yes, if you stop your own "should be's and should have's", with your entitlement goes the dismay and discontent.

However, that also demands a disciplined life style that minimizes any upheaval. Also the good ones.

I'm just sayin'....

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/buddhist-monks-attacked-by-giant-bee-swarm

Buddhist monks attacked by giant bee swarm

The swarm attack may have been motivated by pheromones and an overpopulated hive at the Thai temple.