[Buddha-l] mind wandering

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Hi Joanna,
you seem to consider yourself such a great authority on the subject that 
you don't need any argument. Because I don't have that priviledge please 
look here: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concept_of_Anxietyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concept_of_Anxiety
Kierkegaard influenced many other philosophers, but also in Buddhism 
depression and anxiety are described as stages on the path of 
liberation. And they don't mean that this is caused by the neighbours 
dog or wild snakes.

erik

Op 13-11-10 01:58, JKirkpatrick schreef:
> Sorry, Eric--angst has multiple objects, as daydreaming and thought often has as well.
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> Joanna
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> Op 12-11-10 20:47, Dan Lusthaus schreef:
>>> Angst doesn't make one daydream.
>>> erik. (waiting for a nirvāṇa app)
>> It's the other way around. Bad daydreaming (worrying about what isn't,
>> what already was or might never be) causes angst.
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> Nope, being afraid has an object. Angst has no object, it's a state of mind and it causes behaviour. Read Kierkegaard.
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> erik
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