More, More, More
If you have no territory, you do not need to defend it. If you have no possessions, you do not have to worry about losing them or having them stolen. If you have no attachments, your way is free and easy. When things change so easily, how can we hope to hang on to things? This very moment is already gone once you think about it. Acquiring is like a disease. We want more, more, more. More is usually not better despite what we are taught by our culture. More peace is good but if we get attached to wanting more peace, that is not good. Of course most of us have a house, and we have a car. It is not practical for all of us not to have any possessions. But it is practical that we cannot cling to them. We should try to take the view that our ‘treasures’ are gone already. That way, we can enjoy them now and when they are gone we are not faced with that feeling of longing. Treasures have a way of getting lost, broken, stolen, or otherwise vanishing. If we realize the futility of trying to hold on to them, we realize a great deal of wisdom.
