CONSIDER THIS...''WHY DO PEOPLE SUFFER?''
(L ong Version)
---People Suffer to the extent they are attached. This is a statement Buddha made, in one of His teachings, many years ago. Let's look at this more closely. What are people attached to?
---We see people attached to their ''idea'' of who they are and don't seem to go too far beyond that. We see people much into their own ''Self-image,'' instead of seeing who they are. They spend much time competing and comparing themselves to others, checking how they are doing. The Truth of the matter is that that is where most people stop. People seem satisfied with this. What they don't really seek is what may be possible for them.
---People Suffer to the extent they are attached. This is a statement Buddha made, in one of His teachings, many years ago. Let's look at this more closely. What are people attached to?
---We see people attached to their ''idea'' of who they are and don't seem to go too far beyond that. We see people much into their own ''Self-image,'' instead of seeing who they are. They spend much time competing and comparing themselves to others, checking how they are doing. The Truth of the matter is that that is where most people stop. People seem satisfied with this. What they don't really seek is what may be possible for them.
---Believe in Yourself, Enough, To Take-A-Chance on...Yourself.
---People easily become complacent, and taking a risk, or exploring is ''someone elses job,'' and not mine. The fact is that people become hum-drum, and get used to it. Somehow, they call this ''Living.'' Anyone saying unlimited potential and possibilities, is laughed at almost before they start.
---One has to exercise ones ability to access the Love Energy that is within. One has to get to know what ''IT'' is and one's particular Relationship to ''IT.'' One discovers himself and where and what is his interest. Everyone is different, so my interests may not be yours. We prefer different things, resonate differently and we understand how ''another mans meat can be another mans poison.'' As it says.''we have the same emotions over different things.''
---People easily become complacent, and taking a risk, or exploring is ''someone elses job,'' and not mine. The fact is that people become hum-drum, and get used to it. Somehow, they call this ''Living.'' Anyone saying unlimited potential and possibilities, is laughed at almost before they start.
---One has to exercise ones ability to access the Love Energy that is within. One has to get to know what ''IT'' is and one's particular Relationship to ''IT.'' One discovers himself and where and what is his interest. Everyone is different, so my interests may not be yours. We prefer different things, resonate differently and we understand how ''another mans meat can be another mans poison.'' As it says.''we have the same emotions over different things.''
---The ''Trick'' To It All Is To Find What You Enjoy.
---The trick to it all is to find what you enjoy doing and do it. Here we see the problem to be in the discovering what one likes or enjoys. It doesn't usually jump out at you unless you know how to discover how you ''feel'' in the first place. This comes down to actually telling yourself how you ''Honestly'' feel about things. Until one gets the hang of this, it will probably be depraved and despicable. Do NOT act on it, but be honest. Eventually you will feel your ''sea legs'' growing and be much stronger and more comfortable because of it. Remember, we should NOT act on these things. We are letting the ''mud'' we have churned up, become settled. We then, after a time, can see clearly and then it will be time to express what you may have learned. You have given yourself time to ''embody'' this newness.
---When one does what he truly likes to do, one unfolds naturally. The object of affection does pretty well, also. One knows when it is time to move on. If one is attached to doing ''good'' things to make himself look better, do thIngs of the EGO so as to impress others, he will find himself pretty empty and real happiness will elude him. This is the way we are attached to things of the EGO. We suffer as we try to live with these circumstances.
---The trick to it all is to find what you enjoy doing and do it. Here we see the problem to be in the discovering what one likes or enjoys. It doesn't usually jump out at you unless you know how to discover how you ''feel'' in the first place. This comes down to actually telling yourself how you ''Honestly'' feel about things. Until one gets the hang of this, it will probably be depraved and despicable. Do NOT act on it, but be honest. Eventually you will feel your ''sea legs'' growing and be much stronger and more comfortable because of it. Remember, we should NOT act on these things. We are letting the ''mud'' we have churned up, become settled. We then, after a time, can see clearly and then it will be time to express what you may have learned. You have given yourself time to ''embody'' this newness.
---When one does what he truly likes to do, one unfolds naturally. The object of affection does pretty well, also. One knows when it is time to move on. If one is attached to doing ''good'' things to make himself look better, do thIngs of the EGO so as to impress others, he will find himself pretty empty and real happiness will elude him. This is the way we are attached to things of the EGO. We suffer as we try to live with these circumstances.
---Suffering is Boredom and Complacency.
---The Suffering comes in the boredom and complacency and frustration. Yes, this is a suffering. We are not very energetic or enthusiastic, but we should be. I mean that we lack the ability to access the passion within. It is there, but we don't know how to and we don't really utilize it. When we spend it or express it, it is sometimes very negatively and guiltily, and it conflicts with many shoulds and shouldn'ts, so instead of clearly expressing what is within, it sounds like some kind of ''confusion.''
---Getting to know how we feel about things increases our awareness of the self. It helps us deal with the ''Stranger in a strange land'' kind of feeling. It increases our ability to spend time alone, without having to deal with a nagging loneliness. We understand what is meant by the phrase, ''Making friends with yourself.'' It all begins by knowing how we feel.
---In our society, their seem to be many who don't know how they ''feel'' about things. Guys, in particular, seem to have trouble knowing or showing how
they feel. From day one, we, guys, learn how not to show any emotion and to keep it ALL inside. This isn't very healthy as it ''eats at us from within.''
---Women, who statistically outlive guys on the other hand, don't seem to have as much of a hard time with this. They can be emotional wrecks, but generally they ''get it out.'' I realize that stereotypes come into play, and I am also aware of what I have previously written.
---The Male-side of the brain seems to be the ''Left,'' and the Female-side seems to be the ''Right.'' When the two are in ''harmony,'' we have an as-it-should-be situation, that is very ''peaceful.'' Things unfold deliberately and easily, with NO worry or guilt. Life happens ''as-it-should.'' the ''suffering'' is non-existent, and we ''feel'' free to enjoy.
---Until this is Realized and Embodied, we Love imperfectly, as it were, with ALL the jealousies, prides, etc., that go along with the ''Human'' psyche. These are the ''imperfections'' we contend with. These are the things that make up our self-image, and somehow we think that they are so important that we HOLD-ON to them as they are falling away, SUFFERING in the process. As we grow and mature into the understanding of ''How Love Works,'' we don't HOLD-ON as tightly and SUFFER less and less. Be Well.
.---The Suffering comes in the boredom and complacency and frustration. Yes, this is a suffering. We are not very energetic or enthusiastic, but we should be. I mean that we lack the ability to access the passion within. It is there, but we don't know how to and we don't really utilize it. When we spend it or express it, it is sometimes very negatively and guiltily, and it conflicts with many shoulds and shouldn'ts, so instead of clearly expressing what is within, it sounds like some kind of ''confusion.''
---Getting to know how we feel about things increases our awareness of the self. It helps us deal with the ''Stranger in a strange land'' kind of feeling. It increases our ability to spend time alone, without having to deal with a nagging loneliness. We understand what is meant by the phrase, ''Making friends with yourself.'' It all begins by knowing how we feel.
---In our society, their seem to be many who don't know how they ''feel'' about things. Guys, in particular, seem to have trouble knowing or showing how
they feel. From day one, we, guys, learn how not to show any emotion and to keep it ALL inside. This isn't very healthy as it ''eats at us from within.''
---Women, who statistically outlive guys on the other hand, don't seem to have as much of a hard time with this. They can be emotional wrecks, but generally they ''get it out.'' I realize that stereotypes come into play, and I am also aware of what I have previously written.
---The Male-side of the brain seems to be the ''Left,'' and the Female-side seems to be the ''Right.'' When the two are in ''harmony,'' we have an as-it-should-be situation, that is very ''peaceful.'' Things unfold deliberately and easily, with NO worry or guilt. Life happens ''as-it-should.'' the ''suffering'' is non-existent, and we ''feel'' free to enjoy.
---Until this is Realized and Embodied, we Love imperfectly, as it were, with ALL the jealousies, prides, etc., that go along with the ''Human'' psyche. These are the ''imperfections'' we contend with. These are the things that make up our self-image, and somehow we think that they are so important that we HOLD-ON to them as they are falling away, SUFFERING in the process. As we grow and mature into the understanding of ''How Love Works,'' we don't HOLD-ON as tightly and SUFFER less and less. Be Well.
.'''To Cheer Yourself - up, Cheer Someone Else up.'' -
Mark Twain.
.'Don't Be Afraid To Make Mistakes: Trial and Error Seems The Way We Learn.''
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