There is such a strange thing in life where it goes that we can spend years working hard to develop something and in a few minutes or even seconds it can be all gone. This applies to material things and esoteric intangible things.
This is one of the qualities of Samsara.
We can spend our life building and paying for our dream home yet it can be all gone overnight, we can spend years building our customer base and reputation and it too can all go with just one one bad customer experience, we can spend our life developing our path and with a fall it can be lost in seconds, we can be friends for years and just one bad conversation ends it, years in the gym and in a few months it's all gone...
All the pleasures of the egos are also like that they are only very short term and we are left with costly consequences that tak emuch much longer to repair and reinstate.
This applies not only to the "I's" of lust but to all the egos. With anger we take pleasure in getting angry and getting back at the person, yet our image and trust of others in us suffers greatly for months or is even irreparable. With pride we get the feeling of being right but that separates us from others. With gluttony we get the temporary sensations of eating fancy food but we have to work so much to get the weight off and it goes on and on.
This is a part of Samsara, that the creation of the ego through fornication (losing the energy) has brought us. We can only escape that with the awakening of consciousness.
End (5604).
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