Whenever you are anxious and afraid, it is because you might lose—or fail to get—the object of your attachment, isn’t it? And any time you feel jealous, isn’t it because someone might make off with what you are attached to? Almost all of your anger comes from someone standing in the way of your attachment, doesn’t it? See how paranoid you become when your attachment is threatened? You can’t think objectively. Your whole vision becomes distorted, doesn’t it? Every time you feel bored, isn’t it because you are not getting a sufficient supply of what you believe will make you happy? Of what you
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