The Four Noble Truths
1. Life means suffering.2. The origin of suffering is attachment.
3. The cessation of suffering is attainable.
4. The Path to the cessation of suffering.
1: We suffer because to live as a fragmented (non-perfected/ not Whole) person in a non-perfect world we are constantly disappointed and are dissatisfied...always striving to achieve the unachievable. We use selective memory to remember things in a certain way to keep our state of suffering alive and well-fed.
2: Because we are attached to certain ideas and certain ways of doing/being...we keep the cycle going. We are ignorant to how are mind has become so attached that we lack a higher understanding. Delusion, and our attachment to it, keeps us suffering and dissatisfied. What also keeps the cycle going is our attachment to fulfilling any and all desires/pleasures.
3: Nirvana is a concept used when one is able to elevate their Mind beyond the realms of this physical reality. It is used to describe a state of consciousness when one feels like they are in "heaven". The Mind has become free from worries.
4: The Eightfold Path is used in obtaining freedom from suffering. It describes the middle way. Balancing and being in harmony between living a life in the physical world and living a life based in (Spirituality) and transcendence.
Reverting to a selected memory from one's past (being in the there and then) or thinking that one day someday when __________ happens I'll be happy, is a delusion. All there really is ---is the Right Here Right Now. Remaining Open and Receptive to "what is" right before us is where Opportunity lies. This is the goal of Buddhism, the definition of "Health" in Homeopathy, and my opinion of what Christ's teachings were meant to instill upon us.
Having a foot in the past, or in the future...either way one or both feet are not standing on the Green Grass of this very Moment. Take a stand for your Health...and take a step towards living in the Present.
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