Originally posted by casino_king:
Have a little time bfore I need to so again.
[b]not getting what one desiresThere is a big difference
between working towards what want desires and simply having the
desire.
You might desire a big house and a big car. You look at the others
who have it and you feel really miserable. On the other hand you
might be working for a big house and a big car. You look at the
others who have it and you are not miserable because you too are
working towards it. You admire those who have it and you might even
ask them for some advice.
Pleasant and happy feelings or conditions in life are not
permanent. You go for lunch with colleagues and that makes
you happy. Unfortunately lunch cannot go on forever.
When they change they may produce pain, suffering,
unhappiness or dissappointmentSo you are happily working
for your big house and car but you got retrenced....[/b]
hmm... let put it this way People who desire to own many things
can never be fully satisfied too. Like children in a toy shop, they
crave for all the attractive things they see around them. But like
children too, they soon become dissatisfied with what they already
have and desire for more. Sometimes, they can hardly eat or sleep
until they get what they want. Yet when they succeeded in getting
what they want, they may still find their happiness short-lived.
Many will be too worried for the safety and condition of their new
possessions to enjoy it. Then when the object they possess
eventually breaks into pieces and has to be thrown away, they will
suffer its loss even more.
so u see When we have obtained something that we desire, we may
want more and more of it and so greed arises.It like filling the "
black hole" .It never enough.We thought that by having all these
things will give everlasting happiness.It never happen.
take for another example A very poor, underprivileged person might
think that it would be wonderful to have a car or a television set
and, should he acquire them, would at first feel very happy and
satisfied. Now, if such happiness were permanent, as long as he had
the car and the TV set he would remain happy. But he does not; his
happiness goes away. After a few months he wants another kind of
car; if he has the money, he will buy a better television set. The
old things, the same objects that once gave him much satisfaction,
now cause dissatisfaction.
so u see what we really need is not that much however what we want
is never enough.
b]Pleasant and happy feelings or conditions in life are not
permanent.[/b] You go for lunch with colleagues and that makes you
happy. Unfortunately lunch cannot go on forever.
When they change they may produce pain, suffering,
unhappiness or dissappointmentSo you are happily working
for your big house and car but you got retrenced....[/b]
as u see buddha teaching emphasis much on impermanence.(yet pple
r living in an illusion tat the world is permanent)Same as our mood
which is constantly changing.One moment u are happy next moment sad
next angry so on and so on.Not matter what u do u cannot stop the
change. (No one can stay in a happy mood forever).Sometime we don
even notices we have a switched of mood
As buddhism is based on observation and experiences why not u try
to do some observation on yourself or on someone u know and see for
yourself 
