Perhaps that is why we keep looking for "more." We actually become afraid when we get it (and we actually get what we want very often), however, we then dellude ourself into thinking that we did not actually get what we "really" wanted. Because, we are attatched to the feelings of desire themselves, and do not want to let them go.
An accute example: The most immensely enjoyable feeling of desire is often feeling "in love." For many people it is the height excitement for what "could be." However, when that desire is satisfied, we fall "out of love" very easily! We need to maintain the feeling of desire in order to "keep the flame alive." So we must be more unpredictable and "spontaneous" in a relationship, to fuel the desire for that person?
Since money is numerical, it is easy to maintain desire for it as it can reach numbers in the millions. Is that why greed is so common in this world, because we are "afraid" that our pleasurable feeling of desire for it will be quelled.
2007-06-21
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