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Selfishness/Greed
What is the Root cause of all human suffering?
- Thread starter Prynce
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I mean we are negative creatures by default. What other organism has cause as much death and destruction on this planet as much as humans?
Take It In Blood
Banned
Doobie Doo
Veteran
No I'm not, don't group me in with those people
expound?
I also heard separation and rejecting the interconnection of the world is also the cause
In our modern age it is Racism the system of white supremacy.
ThatTruth777
Superstar
lack of compassion comes to mind
AlainLocke
Banned
The root cause of human suffering is desire, want and lack
Desire compels us to act
Want compels us to aspire
Lack compels us to lament
Which is why you should not be attached to anything.
You should practice non-desire. You should practice non-want. You should find contentment from having no wants and desires. Find contentment in what you don't have and not what your have.
Ambition serves great men and makes husks of lesser men.
The problem is, you only find out if ambition had ruin you after it ruins you.
Desire compels us to act
Want compels us to aspire
Lack compels us to lament
Which is why you should not be attached to anything.
You should practice non-desire. You should practice non-want. You should find contentment from having no wants and desires. Find contentment in what you don't have and not what your have.
Ambition serves great men and makes husks of lesser men.
The problem is, you only find out if ambition had ruin you after it ruins you.
ndthentherewasx
El Capitan
Greed 
Selfishness
Selflessness
Neither realize when too much is enough
Selfishness
Selflessness
Neither realize when too much is enough
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Greed and Hubris
common themes among fables and myths throughout history, no matter the time period it always comes up
common themes among fables and myths throughout history, no matter the time period it always comes up
Elle Seven
Superstar
I think the cause of suffering is resistance. I see a lot of people here have been saying desire. Perhaps desire is the same as resistance, just by another name. All I know is whenever you resist a thing, you achieve pain, or present pain is amplified. Resisting anything as it is causes suffering; perhaps the key is to adapt. That seems to be where the learning comes in.
When I went thru the childbirth process, what I experienced what that each time I had a contraction, it hurt like a muthafukka, but it always hurt worse when I resisted it instead of just giving in to it. The desire to push against the contraction was to make me feel like I had some control, I guess. To totally acknowledge and accept we do not have as much control as we think we do is quite frightening.
OTOH, pain and growth can be the consequence of resistance. A person who works out can vouch for this. Just think resistance training - a simple example but no less true. The body grows thru the process of making the body push against something. I'm guessing many of us could agree uncomfortable life experiences do the same for the spirit/mind.
I think suffering is unique to us, though. Ever observe animals just being animals? They are always in a present state, literally moving from moment to moment until they die, never having to deal with regret or fear (outside of trying to survive an attack). The ability to desire, I doubt, exists for them because they can't project their thoughts in the future and think about what they want that they do not possess in the present moment. Only we (humans) can do that. They are not concerned about happiness, sadness, suffering, or the like. We are, likely, because we are programmed to seek happiness instead of just appreciating life for the way it is.
I think the children's song Row, Row, Row Your Boat speaks this very subject:
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream (Avoid resistance)
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream
When I went thru the childbirth process, what I experienced what that each time I had a contraction, it hurt like a muthafukka, but it always hurt worse when I resisted it instead of just giving in to it. The desire to push against the contraction was to make me feel like I had some control, I guess. To totally acknowledge and accept we do not have as much control as we think we do is quite frightening.
OTOH, pain and growth can be the consequence of resistance. A person who works out can vouch for this. Just think resistance training - a simple example but no less true. The body grows thru the process of making the body push against something. I'm guessing many of us could agree uncomfortable life experiences do the same for the spirit/mind.
I think suffering is unique to us, though. Ever observe animals just being animals? They are always in a present state, literally moving from moment to moment until they die, never having to deal with regret or fear (outside of trying to survive an attack). The ability to desire, I doubt, exists for them because they can't project their thoughts in the future and think about what they want that they do not possess in the present moment. Only we (humans) can do that. They are not concerned about happiness, sadness, suffering, or the like. We are, likely, because we are programmed to seek happiness instead of just appreciating life for the way it is.
I think the children's song Row, Row, Row Your Boat speaks this very subject:
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream (Avoid resistance)
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream