I want it. I need it. It’s so thin, light and it has got this new platform which makes it much better than the old iPad. Never mind that it does the same thing. And it is selling at the same price as the old one was. Never mind that the iPad1 is slashed a few hundred buck cheaper now.
I can load all my favorite photographs to show just in case someone is interested. Never mind that I am no great photographer nor do I look at my own handiwork very often, if at all. I have tons of gigs of photos and like all clutter, they remain as clutter. I can also take the trouble to scan notes and stuff like that to read at my leisure. I would be really canggih.
Now, here’s the real deal. This comes from the Dalai Lama….read on.
An Open Heart by The Dalai Lama
“…For example, when we are attracted to something, we tend to exaggerate its qualities, seeing it as 100 percent good or 100 percent desirable, and we are filled with a longing for that object or person. An exaggerated projection, for example, might lead us to feel that a newer more up-to-date computer (sic iPad2) could fulfill all our needs and solve all our problems.
Similarly, if we find something undesirable, we tend to distort its qualities in the other direction. Once we have our heart set on a new computer, the old one that has served us so well for so many years suddenly begins to take on objectionable qualities, acquiring more and more deficiencies. Our interactions with this computer become more and more tainted by these projections. Again, this is as true for people as for material possessions. A troublesome boss or difficult associate is seen as possessing a naturally flawed character. We make similar aesthetic judgments o f objects that do not meet our fancy, even if they are perfectly acceptable to others. “ An Open Heart (follow link for book… An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
Now, what does a simple monk know anyway? When there is they launch that nice unaffordable new car, mine REALLY does develop creaks and rattles. Ah, yes.
Like my young son said of the iPad, I want it but I don’t really need it.
Psst…the next shipment is next week.
