<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>hmichellerose wrote</title><author_name>hmichellerose (npub1tv…4jlst)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>The key to the whole inner peace thing is to not have any desires or attachments that your sense of self is dependent upon.&#xA;&#xA;20+ years ago I spent a few weeks studying Buddhism in a world religions class at Oakton Community College. I don&#39;t remember a lot accept that I didn&#39;t like it. I&#39;m not supposed to desire anything? What&#39;s the point of being alive then?&#xA;&#xA;Years latter I came to understand the concept more as you&#39;re not supposed to be attached to things and that made a lot more sense to me. &#xA;...But I am attached to things! I have to un-attach from my kids in order to have inner peace? Nah that&#39;s BS&#xA;&#xA;But now I get it. It goes back to this &#39;outcome pressure&#39; thing that I deal with a lot and the idea of not taking on responsibility for things outside my control. It&#39;s about a sense of what you are and are not responsible for. &#xA;&#xA;The attachment thing is mostly right. But it doesn&#39;t mean don&#39;t care, or don&#39;t strive, it means don&#39;t lose your sense of self to an attachment to something external.</html></oembed>