Good question, why have we always looked inside us when we are sick, having problems or difficulties in life?

Budha gives us some reasons for that.

The main one is because we are afraid of any suffering, we cannot accept any slightly pain. Our attachment to our own things makes us to feel bad about leaving, passing away and let behind our ordinary pleasureable life, our friends, family, work, money, achievements and our afraid of not having time to enjoy all this achievements that we have gathered together but not did it and at the time we´ve got sick we got scared of dying before enjoying all our belongs, money and gains.

Our attachment to our own body and life and mind cannot afford any difficulty, any suffering, sorrow or pain. Immediately it can disturb our mind and request some more care for them. Becoming even more attached to them. In this way the consciousness of our own body, mind and life became stronger and then causes us even more pain and suffering – like a circle, without end… if you tide up yourself even more tightened you will feel even more pain and attachment, nut you cannot let things go, because we want to be attached to something. It is an endless circle of suffering.

Some people has mental pains not just body ones, but those one which are constantly causing them a lot of sorrow, with no peace, their mind, their delusion cause them troubles and unhappiness all the time.

When we have got sicknesses (mental ou body ones) we start to feel more about the real meaning of life, we feel uncomfortable about our pains and more conscious about how distracted or how we waste our time and life in meaningless things.

We just start to look for something more meanigful for our lifes, only when we have realized the drift of being Human Beings. We are all together, love, compassion, kindness, friend, sufferings, pains, sorrows, everything and nothing else, we are one and we are also infinite, we do not start on the bounders of our body or mind, we come and go beyond that, beyond our understanding.

Do you want to find more about yourself, Go and do some meditations, reading and learning more about Buddhism and the greatest Compassion of Buddha.

L&K

Marcelo

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I have been off work with flu/cold symptoms. And, whilst still working from home but coming to a close the end of the week, I was wondering about sickness and spirituality.

Why are so many people looking for spiritual help when being sick?

Are they looking for comfort? Relief? Or is it guilt because they have an illness that is self inflicted.

I remember about 15 years ago, I was about to go to sleep when I heard someone in the corridor saying “I would like to kill Volker…” – that person was drunk and out of their mind, but I was scared. Although I was not interested in any god at the time, I did what came natural to me, I prayed.

Now, I am not feeling close to dying at all but wonder, does this believe in something greater than us give us hope and relief? Are we trying to look for comfort when we are not well?

How does Buddhism treat that? We are looking into the inside of ourselves and try to find energy inside us to help us getting better. Is that not a wiser approach?

Marcelo, I am curious about your thoughts on that one!

Love and Kindness
Volker

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