We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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Become alert about desire and non-attachment begins to appear. This is not to be made to happen, it follows naturally from awareness of attachment. Each one of us has to become aware of his attachments, and keep being so! Nothing should be done unconsciously.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Awareness of our desires leads to understanding and reducing attachment.
The quote emphasizes the importance of becoming conscious of our desires and attachments in order to cultivate a state of non-attachment. By being mindful of what we hold onto, we can naturally develop a clearer perspective and live a more fulfilled life without being bound by our cravings.
Themes
DesireNon-AttachmentAwarenessMindfulnessAttachment
In practice
Example use cases
In a mindfulness workshop, one could quote this to highlight the importance of self-awareness.
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