Friday, July 10, 2015

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 10/07/2015

“Existe uma conexão entre o sofrimento e a energia vital, ou seja, existe um certo prazer no sofrimento. E isso é esse prazer que mantém a entidade humana presa ao sadomasoquismo, viciada em machucar e ser machucada. É isso que faz com que ela reedite a guerra, quer seja com o parceiro sexual, com o sócio, com o vizinho, e até mesmo com o cachorro, com as plantas - com o planeta!”

“Existe una conexión entre el sufrimiento y la energía vital, es decir, existe un cierto placer en el sufrimiento. Y esto es, ese placer que mantiene a la entidad humana presa al sadomasoquismo, enviciada en lastimar y ser lastimada. Es esto lo que hace que ella reedite la guerra, ya sea con el compañero sexual, con el socio, con el vecino, y hasta incluso con el perro, con las plantas – ¡con el planeta!”

“There is a connection between our suffering and our vital energy. In other words, there is a degree of pleasure in our suffering. This is the pleasure that imprisons human beings in sadomasochism, in the addiction to hurting others and being hurt. This is what causes us to re-create conflicts, whether they be between sexual partners, business partners, neighbors or even with animals and nature. Through all this conflict we are ultimately waging a war on the planet itself.”

Today's Daily Dharma: Desire Creates Suffering

Desire Creates Suffering

It is important to distinguish between sense-pleasure and sense-desire. There is nothing wrong with sense-pleasure. Pleasure and pain are part of our human experience. Sense-desire, on the other hand, is the grasping at pleasure or the avoidance of pain. This is what creates suffering?grasping and avoidance.
 
-  Dipa Ma, "Enlightenment in This Lifetime: Meeting with a Remarkable Woman"