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[unknownrival]

Want is what causes suffering in this world. We want things that we cannot have, will lose, or are inferior to our idea of them. Want clouds the mind, fools the senses. It is one of the most significant barriers to enlightenment. If a monk wants nothing, he will want for nothing.

The temple deserves a better heir than me.

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[stripping.livejournal.com]

Apparently not.

[lavida-loco.livejournal.com]

Yeah...but love isn't a material thing is it. What's wrong with indulging in that?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

It's earthly. It counts.

[lavida-loco.livejournal.com]

Guess that depends on whether or not you look at love through a truncated, confining scope. I always figured it was something eternal and more meaningful, not some carnal thing you stick in a box. That's what sex and lust are for.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I believe that love is very important. But it's one of the things in life that can hurt us. It has to be dealt with properly.

It doesn't last eternally. In the end, the records say what the records say, and other people's lives go on.

[lavida-loco.livejournal.com]

Whoever said that love would be smooth, it's like the truth. Sometimes it's rewarding sometimes it's painful, but the truth is always right. We like to deceive ourselves though.

Sure it lasts eternally, and I'm not talking about romance or life I'm talking about endurance. What we give to those who come after us, that's eternal.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

You don't have to tell me about the value of the truth.

...hm.

[lavida-loco.livejournal.com]

Not preaching at you about truth or anything or anything, it's just a comparison.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I know that. You don't need to tell me.