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When Is Attachment Good?

The Tao Te Ching hints that at least some attachment is always good. As chapter 1 allows, Always allow yourself to have desires in order to observe its manifestations. It helps to consider how desire and attachment relate. I consider desire to be like the glue of attachment. Although beneath it all lays the foundation—need […]

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Mar 7, 2011 by Carl Abbott
Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: attachment, desire, life and death

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