04-12-2011, 12:01 AM
Its not an assumption about how we continue, always there will be an "other". Friend, foe, or stranger...an 'other'.
If not this then the alternate options are... oblivion. Or empty space...yikes...an infinity of floating in a black void...who wants that? Or an eternity with just inanimate objects? Again, no thanks. I know those options are not true becasue it would be preposterous, and to argue for them to be true would be absurd anyway.
We are all dependent on others. You may say you're not, but you in fact do not live a life without others to even know what that's like, and I say, who'd want to do it anyway...have no one at all? We need others. Your logic is tripping you up. Your words do not reflect the truth about life.
I see what has happened with your perception. You are thinking you need to point out to me that there is a state of detachment so as not to need others. Never is there goign to be a case where you/me/anyone will not need others. Never. You need others right now in your life. For example, if no one at this forum was friendly towards you, if all those who posted here responded hostile towards you, you would not stay here. You would see no point in being in such an environment where you were not needed. We need and we need to be needed.
Buddhism, as its been dispersed to the mainstream, is often used as an example of detachment, and from this many conclude that it all comes from within, the happiness etc is from the Buddha realm within. But what people often don't see is, its also the outward that reflects the inward and gives the inward meaning. So its not just within, its without too. Without is where we find the companion(s). This is God without and reflects the God within, both are needed. If you don't like the word God then Spirit. Words (descriptions) are not so important to me as you seeing my intent.
Your inside is out, and your outside is in
Your outside is in, and your inside is out
So come on, ha, come on, ha, come on is such a joy
-Beatles
If not this then the alternate options are... oblivion. Or empty space...yikes...an infinity of floating in a black void...who wants that? Or an eternity with just inanimate objects? Again, no thanks. I know those options are not true becasue it would be preposterous, and to argue for them to be true would be absurd anyway.
We are all dependent on others. You may say you're not, but you in fact do not live a life without others to even know what that's like, and I say, who'd want to do it anyway...have no one at all? We need others. Your logic is tripping you up. Your words do not reflect the truth about life.
I see what has happened with your perception. You are thinking you need to point out to me that there is a state of detachment so as not to need others. Never is there goign to be a case where you/me/anyone will not need others. Never. You need others right now in your life. For example, if no one at this forum was friendly towards you, if all those who posted here responded hostile towards you, you would not stay here. You would see no point in being in such an environment where you were not needed. We need and we need to be needed.
Buddhism, as its been dispersed to the mainstream, is often used as an example of detachment, and from this many conclude that it all comes from within, the happiness etc is from the Buddha realm within. But what people often don't see is, its also the outward that reflects the inward and gives the inward meaning. So its not just within, its without too. Without is where we find the companion(s). This is God without and reflects the God within, both are needed. If you don't like the word God then Spirit. Words (descriptions) are not so important to me as you seeing my intent.
Your inside is out, and your outside is in
Your outside is in, and your inside is out
So come on, ha, come on, ha, come on is such a joy
-Beatles