love death ,sorrow ,all unknownable

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china

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We know only fragmentarily this extraordinary thing called life; we have never looked at sorrow, except through the screen of escapes; we have never seen the beauty, the immensity of death, and we know it only through fear and sadness. There can be understanding of life, and of the significance and beauty of death, only when the mind on the instant perceives “what is”.
You know, although we differentiate them, love, death, and sorrow are all the same; because, surely, love, death, and sorrow are the unknowable. The moment you know love, you have ceased to love. Love is beyond time; it has no beginning and no end, whereas knowledge has; and when you say, “I know what love is”, you don’t. You know only a sensation, a stimulus. You know the reaction to love, but that reaction is not love. In the same way, you don’t know what death is. You know only the reactions to death, and you will discover the full depth and significance of death only when the reactions have ceased.

Your point of view:canada:
 
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Cliffy

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Love is not a thing but a state of being. Same with sorrow. Sorrow comes from trying to hold on the intangible state of love. We cannot be in love with someone. That is a neediness, a desire to fill the vacancy in our heart that is ours to fill.
Death is the absence of life, therefore love. It is a state of non-being. Can't be compared to the two above.
 
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Avro

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china said:
We know only fragmentarily this extraordinary thing called life; we have never looked at sorrow, except through the screen of escapes; we have never seen the beauty, the immensity of death, and we know it only through fear and sadness. There can be understanding of life, and of the significance and beauty of death, only when the mind on the instant perceives “what is”.
You know, although we differentiate them, love, death, and sorrow are all the same; because, surely, love, death, and sorrow are the unknowable. The moment you know love, you have ceased to love. Love is beyond time; it has no beginning and no end, whereas knowledge has; and when you say, “I know what love is”, you don’t. You know only a sensation, a stimulus. You know the reaction to love, but that reaction is not love. In the same way, you don’t know what death is. You know only the reactions to death, and you will discover the full depth and significance of death only when the reactions have ceased.

Your point of view:canada:
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My point of view?

You're frickin whacked.:roll:
 
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AnnaG

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My point of view? You are mildly amusing. Oh, you mean what's my POV about your ramblings? My POV there is that you should speak for yourself and quit telling us about how we are.
 
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