Are you trapped by desire, like a monkey with rice in a coconut?

No. I am trapped by desire, like a cookie without a glass of milk.

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@cookieman Got Milk?

I thought this was a different sort of question, lol. I used to be trapped by a desire to be a doctor and I snapped out of it, but it took many years. I used to be trapped by thinking I had to have a plan and it took one failed marriage to get out of that. I am trapped still in many ways but I am working on it.

@cookieman Then I am trapped by desire like a poor fool with a 1000000000$ offer.

Like you, I grew up in an environment where the reigning beliefs were expected to be carried out by all. Or so I thought. Based upon the comments from peers, they assumed the same thing. What we eventually found out is that this isn’t true, depending on where one lives.

As long as a person has Internet access, as you do, there will always be the ability to connect with other humans who feel the same way that you do

I think I’m trapped by my desire to lose weight, but even writing that sounds ridiculous. yes I am overweight by three stones

Yes, all are trapped by desire for something. But, as the Buddha said, you gotta let that shit go dude.

I hire out monkeys to do my trapping for me.