If you look deeply into your own life, into your own disappointments, you’ll find something shocking. Much of our unhappiness comes from our desires and attachments – even the ones we achieve! How does this happen? How is this possible? This post is an attempt to describe this strange phenomenon.
But that is simply not true. Perhaps the distinction has to be made, then, between desire and attachment, which is characterised by craving. Please be careful, for this is not simply clever word play; nor is it a matter of varying degrees.
And so we’ve spoken of how attachment almost always ends in pain. The first question we need to ask is – is there a difference between attachment and desire? If we end our attachments, do our desires go with them? So many have been confused about this – what is left without attachments and desire? They fear turning into a sexless, emotionless, passionless vegetable; something less than human, unable to enjoy anything in life.
Desire and Attachment
