the three stooges of the mind

Amongst all the cosmic realms, the realms of conscious awareness, we live in the Realm of Desire. Three forces keep us here. One is wanting what we do not have. This craving, this never fulfilled greed, is a hell of eternal dissatisfaction. A second is not wanting what we do have. Hostility and anger. The willingness to throw it all away. The third is stupor, the willingness to shut down awareness. Ignore-ance. These are the three stooges of the mind: Greed, Hostility, and Stupor. They come in both subtle and blatant forms. We see them operating in others more easily than the mind rotting that takes place within ourselves. To escape their hold, a first step is to become aware of their existence. I learned this from Buddha, Mister Awake, the great psychologist. Jesus, the great heart, fully agrees.