- Wanting Bugs (Part 1)
Fear not; The Wanting Bug Articles are a welcome departure from this penchant for seriousness, yet without compromising the great teachings regarding desire. The articles are complete, accommodating, and even better; they change lives. Actually, they go further than changing lives, they changes destinies! - Wanting Bugs (Part 2)
When we satisfy our Wanting Bugs, They makes babies. But it feels good when we satisfy our wanting bugs, so good, in fact, that baby Wanting Bugs don’t seem to be any problem at all . . . at least not right away. - Wanting Bugs (Part 3)
Wanting Bugs have many legs, some have a many as a hundred! They love to feel stuff, and they have many eyes as well, all looking for something to do. They love smelling roasting peanuts, and eating donuts while listening to cool music - and listening to compliments! And they're forever thinking and dreaming about stuff. Where would we be without our Wanting Bugs, even though they never give us any peace? - Wanting Bugs (Part 4)
If we get rid of some of our cute Wanting Bugs, (actually, if you look closely at them, they are not so cute, and have very sharp little teeth), then, we actually turn into good people — humble, honest and truthful in every way — then our Wanting Bugs are not happy campers! If we don’t "want" things, how will our Wanting Bugs ever piggyback their way into heaven with us, so that they can drag us back down to earth, or other unmentionable places? - Wanting Bugs (Part 5)
If enough people and their greedy Bugs get together to gain as much power and wealth as they can regardless of the consequences to the rest of us and to the earth, and regardless of what others think about them, then the world will be just an awful place to live! And might even burn up! - Wanting Bugs (Part 6)
Sometimes we have Devious Wanting Bugs. These are the worst kind, because they know that everything changes. Knowing this, they keep their slaves on their toes by constantly changing their circumstances. Like a large boat that creates a great wake in its path. These unfortunate slaves who are cursed with these kinds of devious Bugs must never stop moving, for if they do, the wake of the big waves they are making will drown them. - Wanting Bugs (Part 7)
Boy are we ever stuck now! We have to get everything we want all the time! And, oh no - we are ambitious, driven, jealous, competitive, and we surely don't like anyone who has more than we do!. It can be such a confusing situation. Our poor little minds can't keep up with the hordes of Wanting Bugs that bother us all the time! - Warrior (Part 3)
Spiritual warriors are the future, and the future will be light years from what we consider religion to be today - Wanting Bugs (Part 8)
Sometimes I dream of a secret key that opens a treasure chest of light, a magical light that frees me from not only my Wanting Bugs, but from all the things that I want to hide from. - The Zen Master And A Troubled Man
I made my way back toward the monastery and noticed a middle-aged man waiting near the entrance; he had his hands clasped, indicating that he would like to speak with me. When I walked over to where he was waiting, he said, "Thank you for a moment of your time. I must make a difficult decision and was hoping you could help." - Facing the Dragon of Self
Suddenly, I found myself in a mist, and through the mist I dimly made out what appeared to be a cave. As I moved closer, my perfected insight revealed exactly what it was – the den of the Great Dragon of Self. - Why All This? Why Not Nothing?
The classic question, and one that should be answered directly. Here is the answer . . .
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