tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863457117447690871.post2725507755217414363..comments2009-11-13T17:58:41.341-08:00Comments on <br>A Grave Man <br><br>AGraveMan.blogspot.com: Fear and ClingingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863457117447690871.post-91427230746662117022009-11-13T17:58:41.341-08:002009-11-13T17:58:41.341-08:00A related post on an interesting site:
http://www....A related post on an interesting site:<br />http://www.cassandrapages.com/the_cassandra_pages/2008/01/knowing-what-wi.html<br /><br />"Love and Attachment<br /><br />'Knowing what will happen in the future, we are faced with a simple choice: either we resolve not to become attached to people and things, or we decide to love them even more fiercely.'<br />- Amélie Nothomb<br />The Character of Rain<br /><br />While perusing the wonderful Commonplace Book at Whiskey River, I recently came across this quote and it's been haunting me. I've never read The Character of Rain, though I looked up a plot summary; this is the statement of a French novelist, not a theologian. Nevertheless, we find echoes of the same idea - or is it a warning? - in both Buddhism and in the Gospels...." [more excellent prose and dialogue at the link]SteveMDFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02023680327735781469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863457117447690871.post-31481469151102600242009-11-06T14:09:49.459-08:002009-11-06T14:09:49.459-08:00Great Post! "Change your thought, change your...Great Post! "Change your thought, change your life" I noticed in relationships that people that fear being lonely will push everyone away until their fear becomes a reality.<br /><br />"the fears and aversion and grasping become self-fulfilling prophecies and self-reinforcing dynamics"...Good stuff!Forbidden Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276323921859830273noreply@blogger.com