Short Story: A Zen tale about obsession

Yes, obsession fueled from bad emotions is a force for evil. I do not think that there is a healthy form of obsession either, as all forms of obsession are about obsessing, and placing us on the extreme edge of balance, and we risk falling off then, and losing our rational minds too.

@ihasaquestion Thanks. I tried to paint a picture of how an obsession affects us. Fanaticism is related to obsession too, l think.

@innertalks I like how you put it. I couldn't have explained it any better than that.

Yes, I think that too. We do need some extra focus at times, and a certain discipline too, to be able to fully reach our potential in some fields of endeavour though. But, being obsessed about anything, is usually a recipe for disaster, as it unbalances us away from normalcy.

@innertalks

Yes, l prefer to be balanced too, but, at times, in the past my collecting of things has become a little too much sometimes too, perhaps not obsessional though.

@Shiva49 If we are in a full lift with others though, it is not a good idea to let go there, unless, we spot an old lady, nearby, that will be blamed for it. There are other meanings to let go too, and sometimes it is better to hold on, and not to let go!!

@innertalks Earlier times. our life expectancy was much less. Now we like to have " the bulldog's grip", with abundant help from modern medicines to hang in here. It is said when the push comes to the shove, we just let go looking ahead. I recall when I got into the teens, I was neither here nor there till I decided to let go of my childhood. Our parents also want us to grow up fast!

@innertalks Yes, let bygones be bygones than hold on to the hurts with a vice grip. However, some hurts do replay in my mind for the unfairness of it all. I just go through them not to deny their existence deeply ingrained in my mind and even percolating to my heart.

Yes, l would mostly agree that obsessions are negative, but l can see a possible benefit to some obsessions. Someone with an obsession to be scrupulously clean, probably would not get covid, or some other diseases, for example.

@Nakitakona Yes, but they can still be a pain to be around, that type of obsessed person too.

@innertalks Maybe they have some good things to go after with.