Anger, Attachment, and Ignorance

The three mental poisons: Anger, attachment, and ignorance. I wish to express my belief that they should be dealt with as follows: if you're angry at someone, there's no need to beat them, or hurt them, even emotionally. Being frightening is violence enough, if you can let it go. It kills the part of them which you wish to kill, while leaving all the parts you're respectful of in tact. If you love someone, there's no need to sexually harass or sexually assault them in any way. Being emotionally attached is sexual enough, if you can let it go. It gets you access to the part which you deserve access to, while leaving the parts which should be universally respected completely alone. If you're ignorant about something, there's no reason to leave it uninvestigated. A lot of people don't like formal education, for instance, because it leaves them emotionally ignorant, or ignorant about things which they're interested in. But I say, education is ignorance enough, as long as you can let it go. If you do it right, it leaves the part of it investigated which ought to be investigated, while leaving the other stuff which you don't find interesting uninvestigated. The solution to anger, attachment, and ignorance isn't to try and kill off the feelings as illegitimate, but to deal with them. Which is what I'm trying to do (as I'm now trying to deal with my experience with psychiatry).