10-29-2011, 01:46 PM
(10-29-2011, 01:39 PM)3DMonkey Wrote: I don't see how hope is separate from 'having hope'. 'Having hope' is real, as it pertains to the person. This is a mental transformation which will manifest somehow. Even the "real" stuff is make believe as it enters the mental distortions. You can't ever remove attachment, only replace it with a new link/synapse.Hope is not a mental transformation. It's a mental attitude. You can't learn with the presence of hope as an attitude any more than you can learn with fear as as attitude. Through acceptance, one can remove distortions which tend to be patterns of mind that foster particular attachment, yes.