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In the buddhist beleif Buddha himself beleived that those who had no desire (enlightenment) shall no longer suffer the cycle of birth and death.

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DZ74 said:

Now this is simply my opinion but based on my buddhist beleifs and logic.
I say the root of all evil is...Desire.
I read in another post that someone said what our existance as humans is desire or wanting/needing something. Desires can be both good and bad. But if we desire too much, we can do crazy things such as murder, stealing, rape... etc etc especially if people donot use logic and reasoning but rather on emotions and/or instinct.
In the buddhist beleif Buddha himself beleived that those who had no desire (enlightenment) shall no longer suffer the cycle of birth and death.
So as long as humans have desire, there will be evil but even so there would also be life...
But other than that, do you guys agree more or so? If not, put your two cents in and politic with me.

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you say that your beliefs and logic sway toward the buddhist teachings , k
so.. god is basically all there is.

so.. how can you desire something , if you already are everything ?
thats a step down.
its a misidentification.
if you identify with your true self , all that is left is stillness.
you are.. infinite.

infinity cannot move.
it has nowhere to go.

if there is any "root" to anything..
it would have to be a separation from this infinite awareness.
and this root.. is the root to ALL experience.

thus the desire to experience,  must be a desire of an infinite awareness.

you're basically saying.. that GOD is the root to all evil.
and if you said that.. you would be right !

picture a plant being created in the ground.
a part of the earth.
receiving signals from the interior.
then growing.. and seeing what is outside of it.
starting to receive signals from the exterior.
this eventually leads to death and the leaves completely disconnect from the plant and wind may take them anywhere it pleases.

it is life.
it starts with separation.