does the word 'desire' have negative overtones for you?

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Ra doesn't have any issue using the word 'desire'.

In fact, there are 187 instances of it, no small number.

Ra uses it in a neutral fashion, to indicate the 'thing wanted'.

I have always attached a more negative overtone to the word, as if it represented something selfish, and self-serving. But that stance has moderated somewhat.

on a closer reading of the Core Statement of Buddhism, the 4 Noble Truths, it is not desire that is the cause of the suffering, but rather the attachment to that desire which causes the issues.

Four Noble Truths

1. Suffering exists
2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires
3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases
4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path

well spoken indeed.

very good. however i'd like to say it's not possible to give up on being attached to desires. since desires reflect the things that gives us joy of living. And without them we'd be void. just a non-individual energy. Therefore imo it's not useful to cease attaching to desires.

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as far as i know even God has desires. at His Highest Form. As even God does have a desire, it's undesirable to not have a desire.( what a sentence )