Me - My understanding of my "suffering" in this life, still leaves me skeptical about a supreme being. Guess me in the next life is not gonna have it easy either!
Arun - If you believe in another life, then the bottom line is the karma theory. Your past has bred the present and present will shape the future, all depending upon the intent of your deeds.
Me - That was just an attempt at humour. I don't seem to really have any strong belief system. If there was any intent to my deeds, I'd have broken out of the here and now space by now.
Intent is just reflexive instinct guided by sensory satisfaction or comfort level or self preservation in a situation. Instinct that evolves from the sensory learning from past situations.
Arun - To put it simply, intent is an attempt towards desire fulfillment. Why so verbose?
Me - Instinct is a feeling that evolves to desire when it becomes a craving. Intent fulfillment of instinct is a satiation attempt in the here and now. Desire is baggage you carry.
Arun - Again, to simplify...instinct begets desire begets intent of action.
Me - Again, to simplify....instinct begets desire....Both beget intent of action whose end results are qualitatively different. Operating plane is ones choice or evolved to.
Arun - The last line isn't clear to me.
Me - One chooses the plane on which one wishes to operate. Driven by instinct or driven by desire. Some of us don't have choice as we evolve only upto instinctive capability.
Arun - But how does the intent differ in both cases?
Me - Intent fulfillment of instinct is a satiation attempt in the here and now. Sensory, immediate. Desire fulfillment calls for intent that is more cerebral.
Arun - Frankly, I don't see any significant difference.
Me - Is intent evaluated on occurrence or content? Is basic instinct as a decision rule for intent equatable to logic and reason?
Arun - Please make it simpler.
Me - Intent to deeds. Is intent based on basic instinct and fulfillment thereof at the same level of desire fulfillment as intent from logic and reason. Is there no difference in intent!
Arun - I think we may be talking of different things. What I mean by instinct is not basic instinct, which, in any case has to be fulfilled, intent or no intent. There you would more impulsive action rather than intended action.
Me - My scene. When you don't have wants, needs or desires. When you don't have any expectations and your responsibilities are taken care of as best possible, then there are no triggers for action.
Arun - Utopia.
Me - Utopia!.... Seems quite meaningless at times.
Arun - That's even more of that!
Me - Just thought that maybe, I was missing something. Need a bit more conditioning I guess.
Arun - Don't try to find a meaning in everything. Sometimes you have to create meaning.
Me - Any clues about where to start. In the context of my mind set and capability.
I think it's about creating interest first. But how do you create interest if there is no felt need......Back to running around in circles!
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