Hi Lama,

I don't know if I would personally be happy without something but I can be happy as I am. I think there is a difference there at least for me anyway.

When constantly being in the mode of intending very obsessively, there are various aspects to what we are intending. When intending A but not B, B is let go of or released. When intending B but not A, then A is let go of or released. We can therefore be constantly intending but also letting go.

All of life is based on impulsed "energy." Potential builds and builds and then is instantaneously released in a small blip of time....such as a nerve impulse.

We do have to let go of things but this happens automatically as we intend things. If we intend a high gas mileage car, we are letting go of affordable care. Then we can intend affordable car, while letting go of high gas mileage car. In both cases, we are constantly intending for the same final object of desire while being able to let go at the same time. This isn't contradictory.