Source: NPR
BY TERRY GROSS
Are human beings hard-wired to be perpetually dissatisfied? Author Robert Wright, who teaches about the interface of evolutionary biology and religion, thinks so.
Wright points out that evolution rewards people for seeking out pleasure rather than pain, which helps ensure that human beings are frequently unsatisfied: “We are condemned to always want things to be a little different, always want a little more,” he says. “We’re not designed by natural selection to be happy.”
But all is not lost. In his new book, Why Buddhism is True, Wright makes the case that some Buddhist practices can help humans overcome the biological pull towards dissatisfaction.
“I think of mindfulness meditation as almost a rebellion against natural selection,” he says. “Natural selection is the process that created us. It gave us our values. It sets our agenda, and Buddhism says, ‘We don’t have to play this game.’ ”
Categories: Biology, Buddhism, Evolution, The Muslim Times
Some good habits make you happy and overcome your meditation.
Why would you want to overcome your meditation? Meditating is the key to understanding suffering in life. Meditation is a great gift for your mind.
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Maybe, we are perpetually dissatisfied by Divine
Design…? That is probably why we invent other and better ways of doing things and solve the many problems that come our way.
If, ALL of us were to be satisfied with our lot in life, we might not make the progress that we have till now…?!