Since I was very young, I read the Buddha’s words and his teachings. Today, I would like to share with you about one of the Buddha’s valuable teachings.
In daily lives, we all get happiness, sadness, angriness, kindness and so on, since each of us has anger, ignorance, greed, desire etc. Often we get regret from things we already did those we should not did and also from things we did not do those we should did, in past. How can we control those feelings and patterns? How can we change those matters from negative to positive?
In daily lives, we all get happiness, sadness, angriness, kindness and so on, since each of us has anger, ignorance, greed, desire etc. Often we get regret from things we already did those we should not did and also from things we did not do those we should did, in past. How can we control those feelings and patterns? How can we change those matters from negative to positive?
I am now trying to practice one of the Buddha’s basic teachings about our inner, which is to be conscious that when I am happy, try to know at once by myself that I am in happiness, when I am sad, to know at once by myself that I am in sadness, when I am angry, to know at once by myself that I am in angriness, when I am greedy, to know at once by myself that I am in greediness, when I am loving, to know at once by myself that I am falling in love. That way helps me a lot, especially when I am taking care of my kids. I am often short tempered and angry with the kids. After I practice to be a conscious person, I feel I am going by the right path. Since I remember to remind by myself about my feelings, it helps me to avoid to not to be an extremist with those angers, ignorance, desires and greed.
The Buddha also teaches ‘to choose to go by the middle path.’ He said that middle path is the right and the most appropriate way, which makes us to not to be extremists for any happiness or sadness or angriness or greediness or any kind or any mean of feeling in our lives. However, we all also know that we, ordinary people have deep problem with governing those feelings, actions and reactions, but I would like to kindly suggest you to practice to be conscious persons more and more in your daily lives.
All of our feelings, actions and reactions come from our inside, which are based upon what we feel, what we see, what we hear, what we smell, what we taste, what we think and what we believe. To govern by ourselves, to avoid being extremists, let us practice to be conscious persons.
When you are happy, please try to know at once by yourself that you are in happiness.
When you are sad, please try to know at once by yourself that you are in sadness.
When you are angry, please try to remind at once by yourself that you are in angriness.
When you are greedy, please try to know at once by yourself that you are in greediness.
When you love, please try to know at once by yourself that you are falling in love. The Buddha said that to try to know every single feeling, every single emotion, every single touch of us, such as when we are tired, when we are hungry, when we are sleepy, when we are hurt, etc.
I believe when you are successful to be aware with them, you will be more and more happy person.
Be a conscious person, avoid being an extremist. Don’t let us allow to lose by ourselves.
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