Which one you think is more heavy on you, from these five ?

[Madhuri]

I don't think I have a secret.

Usually when people do things I disapprove of, I feel sorry for them rather than feel angry towards them. I view their behavior as being unattractive and underdeveloped expressions of themselves.

Plus, anger is often a result of things getting in the way of what people desire. Controlling desire is kind of a short cut to reducing or eliminating anger.

Sometimes I think we are the same person

 

[YmirGF]

Sometimes I think we are the same person

I sentiment that I certainly agree with. I'm not big on anger, but I do recognize that it can be a very powerful and potentially a therapeutic emotion. Personally, I enjoy anger when it hits.

 

[Father Heathen]

I don't know. I suppose the reason I call it a "false attachment" is the way people generally in my society view animals. Animals are often seen more or less as possession than a family member. I've had neighbors use them as status symbols in their yards, pit pulls and doberman pinschers for instance.

Anyone who uses a companion animal as a status symbol or fashion accessory is a piece of trash. People who don't care about the suffering of living creatures and treat them as objects have no business being near one. Don't allow the mindless trash of society to influence your perception.

They leave them out for long periods of time without food or water. I got in trouble for sneaking in food for this neighbor's dog who was always out there all day without food or water whenever they'd go to work.

If you suspect people are neglecting or abusing animals I highly suggest notifying the proper authorities.

ASPCA | Report Animal Cruelty
Report Animal Abuse

I've had people tell me that I'm a nut or too sensative in both an offensive and non-offensive way. After working for only a couple of months in an animal shelter, I had to leave. It was getting to me. Everytime I'd go to bed I was trying to come up with ways to find each animal a home.

Having empathy and compassion for other living things is part of being a normal, decent human being. Those who don't aren't.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

I could not put them In order...
At my age none of them make much sense.

 

[YmirGF]

I could not put them In order...
At my age none of them make much sense.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[chinu]

Would you allow me to choose something not on the list?

My choice is 'Pride'.

This is also part of VANITY

_/\_
Chinu

 

[mohammed_beiruti]

None of the above. I don't feel any guilt over my actions. Should I?

sometime someone may blame himself for doing something inconvenient, don't you blame yourself sometimes?

 

[chinu]

sometime someone may blame himself for doing something inconvenient, don't you blame yourself sometimes?

Those who wear the black goggels, they think that the weather is cool, not hot.

_/\_
Chinu

 

[YmirGF]

sometime someone may blame himself for doing something inconvenient, don't you blame yourself sometimes?

Obviously. The point is that the vast majority of my actions are quite deliberate. I think about what I do and say, quite a bit more than the average person. I don't regret this foible of my nature. Given that I usually mean what I say and mean what I do, I rarely feel a need to apologize for a given action, let alone feel guilty over it. This lack of self-pity should not be confused with not learning from my mistakes. I certainly make mistakes but have made enough to know that mistakes are a part of learning.

 

[atanu]

I don't think I have a secret.

Usually when people do things I disapprove of, I feel sorry for them rather than feel angry towards them. I view their behavior as being unattractive and underdeveloped expressions of themselves.

Plus, anger is often a result of things getting in the way of what people desire. Controlling desire is kind of a short cut to reducing or eliminating anger.

Wise. You are already a sage.

 

[blackout]

Which one you think is more heavy on you, from these five passions ?

1. Lust.
2. Anger.
3. Greed.
4. False-attachments.
5. Vanity.

_/\_
Chinu

no order.

My Lust is entirely healthy.
I am a woman in my 40's,
in my sexual prime
with no companionship for a long, long time.
I take care of mySelf. literally.
My imagination alone beats most people's real sex lives.
I see lust as a healthy component in a sexual relationship/partnership.
Not something to "subdue".
Love and Lust can co'exist with no conflict.
I don't know why people seem to feel they are mutually exclusive.

Anger. I get Angry over injustice,
and behavior designed to hurt, mock, exclude, belittle or slander
all the more so when it directly effects me and my children.
I feel no need to justify this to anyone.
Sometimes anger is an appropriate and "asked for" response.

It's hard to be greedy, when you have no means to obtain anything you want,
or even need.
(though I have the unfortunate situation of being still stuck living in a house
with someone who is actually GREEDY WITH GARBAGE. literally.
I have fought bitterly for years to keep it out of the house, and won,
but the 3 car garage,
behind the garage, the "pool shed", and even a van on the driveway,
all FILLED with other people's old broken and DANGEROUS stuff.
I cannot stop it.
I really dread curb side pickup time of year. He's ill. He brings everyone's garbage to our house.
It made me LIVIDLY ANGRY for years. Now I just don't care anymore. I'm leaving. I get a new life. He gets his garbage. )

Every false attachment I've ever had,
has been ripped from me.
Now I just live to improve mySelf.
Finish my most important projects.
Become an even more skillful musician.
Become my best me.
Perhaps opportunity will come my way again.
Maybe when I move.
For my children's sake,
I most certainly hope so.

Vanity. My vanity years have passed me by.
Too bad I wasn't comfortable with my womanlyness,
my sexuality, my socially "iconic" figure,
when I had it to flaunt.
I'm certainly not the object of anyone's envy now.
Other societal misfits do seem to appreciate me/my style though.
And, I do appreciate that.
If anyone envies me,
it should be because I am brazenly and creatively unique,
and
a most excellent musician.
I'd rather people shower me with money than compliments however.
I need the money more.

 

[elmarna]

None! The desire to have them is not there. I manage my desires better than my cocerns!

 

[atanu]

All of them but Lust the most, and include sloth.

 

[Flankerl]

Anger it is.