non-attachment to procreating? Is there such thing? by: Anonymous
This apple tree story is very comforting, yet it hits an unsettled string in my consciousness. I am a wife and mother of 2. I have a sense that I will not be happy if I do not allow myself to have a 3rd child. My husband says he is happy with the 2 we have and does not have any desire for more kids. I feel that if I am just happy with what I have, I may be depriving the 3rd one from a life of its own... I feel like I am not completely life giving. The apples in the tree are like the potential future apple trees... like the eggs in a woman's body. But we have a bit more control about when we make trees (children) than the apple tree. How do we exercise that control when we are striving to be non-attached? Can the concept of non-attachment be employed meaningfully to our human drive to procreate (as opposed to just sex)?
