Posted: Mar 28, 2012 1:40 am
I think, James, that you've hit on the key - at least for me: experience. This is what I was trying to articulate in an earlier post. Suffering or joyousness, I want to be around for the action. I don't mean that to sound glib; actually it's such a fundamental, profound thing, it's hard to put into words. It's really just that experiences are better than the absence of experiences.