It seems to me that much of the tension we create for ourselves in life arises from our attachment to outcome. Imagine how much more peaceful we might feel if instead of needing to control all the things we attempt to control in our lives we were able to simply step back and observe.I don't mean disengage: I think much of the joy I find comes from engagement, connection, contribution to any given moment. But to not need a particular, predefined result; that could be truly freeing...
And now I'm wondering if that's why greed is so destructive, because it's a deliberate -- and sometimes even brutal -- effort to ensure a beneficial outcome...
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