Yes, perhaps you have now achieved a “higher” level of existence.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the control of fear.
Oh God…another one.
And?
Just because you are not aware – awareness remember – of the underlying motives behind your “caring” of others, doesn’t mean that they are not there.
Just because you’ve convinced yourself that you only need some basic things – true or not – does not negate your need.
All living things need.
Need is simply the temporal flux made conscious.
Since life is a temporal manifestation, need is part of what it is and so suffering is part of its condition.
Yes, perhaps we can replace “logic” and reason with emotion…then we’ll use emotion to explain and understand emotion.
The giver always receives more than what he gives.