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Craving (Tanha).

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All our lives we are controlled by either greed [aka craving, desire, wanting] or hate [aka detesting, aversion, loathing]. This is the nature of our conditioning and the duality of our existence. When we come into contact with something or someone through one of the sense bases it creates immediate feelings of like or dislike.

If we could connect more readily with our natural mind we would see that there is no such duality, there is no need to leap towards one of these extremes. We are able to remain in the middle, equanimous, regarding all things and all people with equal value.

If this sounds like a dream come true, it is time to wake up since we are currently living in the dream, it’s the delusion of samsara, which is actually more of a nightmare. When we awaken ourselves to the truth of reality and free ourselves from greed, hate and delusion our life becomes so much easier and we realise that the meaning, which we spend so much of our lives searching for, has been there all along.

May this teaching lead you to happiness; may it help you grow in truth. May you be freed from the suffering of birth and death.

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