The Buddhist accepts this statement, and from it, decides to lose attachment to that which causes him joy- to stop seeking after it- in order to alleviate that which causes him suffering. The Setian accepts the statement as well, but chooses to dive into life relishing his joy and also relishing the suffering that may come about, with the full knowledge and understanding of his own direct responsibility for this experience. This could be seen as a non-attachment to result, in the Buddhist sense.
On "being"-
The problem in discussing "being" is that we unconsciously attempt to
turn it into a noun, when it can only be appropriately understood as a
verb. Attempts to locate the "self" fail, when we narrow our search
through the elimination of our aggregates and finally hit up against the
nature of "being" itself. We instinctively attempt to locate this object
"being," and upon finding no such object, declare it a fiction.
Xepera, Xeper, Xeperu- this formula maintains the essential "verb-ness"
and yet provides the "point" that our Western-Logical minds need as a
gauge or measure, upon which to locate our "Self." It is at once a past
declaration, a description of the present process and a promise of future
action. This whole- the entire formula, is the "self."
What is the self? That which has become, is becoming and shall become. The self is always a verb. This means that the "self" is then part of pratitya-samutpada (dependant origination). Dependant upon all the causes and conditions which initially brought it into being. Therefore the "self" is not infinite. But rather than attempt to uncover a "ground" or "sub-strata" from which all things spring, and abandon the transitory "self" in favor of re-joining this as do the Buddhists in their attempt to uncover the Tathagatagarbha (Buddha-nature) within them- the Setian, through Xepering seeks to take this transitory "self"- this personality which would otherwise perish with biological death- and make it immortal. Where the Buddhist would say "This "self" dies with death, therefore do not be attached to it" the Setian says - "It can perish with death, but it doesn't have to."
So, we have one finite "self" which is the combination of things which go into making up our personalities. This is a continually changing process- which allows us to agree with the Buddhists who deny the existence of an infinite, unchanging "self." Where we differ is that while the Buddhist, upon realizing no-self (anatman) is content to ride the biological form until its eventual expiration- we strive, through the process of Xeper, to evolve, to refine our personalities into something which will not die, or dematerialize upon biological death- but will achieve immortality, and through this apotheosis, continue to Xeper.
Xeper cannot become an "achieved state" it must always be an on-going process. There is no "future tense" for nouns. The static dies.