Sensual passion is the worse offender, because all of the worlds of intense suffering and conflict are on the frequency of sensual passion. Are your cravings on the frequency of the kind of world you’d really want to create and inhabit long-term?
"This is another reason why the Buddha taught rebirth: as one of our
motivations for practicing and for being really strict with ourselves as
we practice. After all, some cravings and clingings in the mind appear
at first glance to be no problem at all. They don’t seem to be affecting
anybody else. We’re okay with them. But if you think about the fact
that these cravings are creating not only your identity now, but also
the world into which you’re going to be reborn, you realize that they’re
dangerous. It’s like tuning your radio: It’ll connect with whatever’s
on that particular frequency: hard rock or Beethoven or the ravings of
some lunatic. Are your cravings on the frequency of the kind of world
you’d really want to create and inhabit long-term? Sensual passion is
the worse offender, because all of the worlds of intense suffering and
conflict are on the frequency of sensual passion. Are those worlds you’d
want to inhabit long-term?"
~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Rebirth is Relevant"
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