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Originally Posted by TimMason
Ah - I think I see. When I used the word 'vanity', I wasn't thinking of the sin, but of the idea that desire is *in vain* - pointless, not leading to what is conceived of as its end. The pursuit of worldly goods is, in this view, a mistake.
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Oh, yes! Now what you said makes much more sense to me. But is it necessarily correct?
Is a desire to do good in vain? Can I never do good?
Is a desire to be happy in vain? Can I never be happy?
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Originally Posted by TGS
The objects of desire themselves are neither clean nor unclean, good nor bad.
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I agree with this completely.
It's only in the extremes that there are problems. Trying to rid one's self of all desires, or trying to live life only through desires. Those are the ways to imbalance & inhumanity.
Troy