I was curious about this but remember reading books on Buddhism in my youth when I first got into the lefthand path and Satanism which contradicts basic tenants of the law. Now mind you, I don't think Buddha or any incarnation ever denied thoughts can't effect reality, but rather the direct moral contradiction of fulfilling your desire vs detaching from desires. For example Neville Goddard says in some reality, your desire is fulfilled or else you wouldn't have it. A monk would probably say that is true, but here and now in this reality, you are suffering. BECAUSE of attachment. BECAUSE of desire. And this really is the crux of spiritual practice. Do we seek or we do we stop? Do we choose our base urges or our spiritual ones? And I'm not speaking as a Buddhist. I have many desires, many attachments, bitterness and anger deep within my soul and I'm proud of it. But I respect the Buddhist enough to listen and not construe what he says. Because for the life of me, I cant imagine NOT wanting. The high and low path are there for a reason and the doors are wide open to both.
I was curious about this but remember reading books on Buddhism in my youth when I first got into the lefthand path and Satanism which contradicts basic tenants of the law. Now mind you, I don't think Buddha or any incarnation ever denied thoughts can't effect reality, but rather the direct moral contradiction of fulfilling your desire vs detaching from desires. For example Neville Goddard says in some reality, your desire is fulfilled or else you wouldn't have it. A monk would probably say that is true, but here and now in this reality, you are suffering. BECAUSE of attachment. BECAUSE of desire. And this really is the crux of spiritual practice. Do we seek or we do we stop? Do we choose our base urges or our spiritual ones? And I'm not speaking as a Buddhist. I have many desires, many attachments, bitterness and anger deep within my soul and I'm proud of it. But I respect the Buddhist enough to listen and not construe what he says. Because for the life of me, I cant imagine NOT wanting. The high and low path are there for a reason and the doors are wide open to both.