spring break

"Suppose they were to strike a man with a dart, and then strike him immediately afterward with a second dart, so that the man would feel a feeling caused by two darts. So too, when the uninstructed wordling experiences a painful feeling, he feels two feelings-a bodily one and a mental one.

"while experiencing that same painful feeling, he harbors aversion toward it. When he harbors aversion toward painful feeling, the underlying tendency to aversion toward painful feeling lies behind this. While experiencing painful feeling, he seeks delight in sensual (of the senses) pleasure. For what reason? Because the uninstructed worldling does not know of any escape from painful feeling other than sensual pleasure. ...

"If he feels a pleasant feeling, he feels it attached. If he feels a painful feeling, he feels it attached. This, monks, is called an uninstructed worldling who is attached to birth, aging, and death; who is attached to sorrow, lamentation, pain, dejection, and despair; who is attached to suffering, I say.

"Monks, when the instructed noble disciple experiences a painful feeling, he does not sorrow, grieve, or lament; he does not weep beating his breast and become distraught. He feels one feeling-a bodily one. ...

"While experiencing that same painful feeling, he harbors no aversion toward it. ...

"If he feels a pleasant feeling, he feels it detached. If he feels a painful feeling, he feels it detached."

whew

well as the title implies it is now spring break. i was positive i was going to get to see michael (my one and only :D~) but thats not looking so good now, which is very sad..and it just occurred to me today that mom wanted to come and get me to bring me home for the week if he didnt come, but i told her he definitely would..so now im not only stuck in the city, but probably basically alone for a week..uuuggh. im really hoping by some miracle he can come, either of those options for this week would have made being here alot better.

but other than that, things are good. nothing incredibly new or interesting other than that. oh except i found out im a furry. thats one way im going to spend my week, scouting out supplies. i have a 50 dollar walmart card, i was gonna buy pokemon black but im thinking now ill get some odds and ends for my future fursuit. id really really like to make it to anthrocon, which is in pittsbugh, in june i believe. im a brown hyena.