27 February 2019 12:07 am
When the good Lord Buddha brought Buddhism to this country, I wonder if in his innate wisdom and goodness he ever contemplated the depths of degradation to which this country would descend??? If the tenets of Buddhism, the principles of all religions were adhered to, would the country still be in the abysmal unholy mess it is in today??? I, therefore, urge all those who read this message to carry it to those who don’t, so the ignorant can stop living in their world of Make Believe which they have created with dangerous drugs and sensual pleasures and to apply the tenets of good and decent living to their lives, before their world and the world we live in collapses on them.!!! I am quoting ad verbatim 7 short points shared by Satya Nadella to help us all live in peace and harmony!!!
I interviewed my grandmother for part of a research paper I’m working on for my Psychology class. When I asked her to define success in her own words, she said, “Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile.”
‘LOVE CONQUERS PAIN’
After I watched my dog get run over by a car, I sat on the side of the road holding him and crying. And just before he died, he licked the tears off my face.
‘TOGETHERNESS’
As my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother’s hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she died. She simply said, “I feel so loved right now. We should have gotten together like this more often.”
‘AFFECTION’
I kissed my dad on the forehead as he passed away in a small hospital bed. About 5 seconds after he passed, I realized it was the first time I had given him a kiss since I was a little boy.
‘JOY’
When I witnessed a 27-year-old cancer patient laughing hysterically at her 2-year-old daughter’s antics, I suddenly realized that I need to stop complaining about my life and start celebrating it again.
‘ KINDNESS’
A boy in a wheelchair saw me desperately struggling on crutches with my broken leg and offered to carry my backpack and books for me. He helped me all the way across campus to my class and as he was leaving he said, “I hope you feel better soon.”
‘SHARING’
I was travelling in Kenya and I met a refugee from Zimbabwe. He said he hadn’t eaten anything in over three days and looked extremely skinny and unhealthy. Then my friend offered him the rest of the sandwich he was eating. The first thing the man said was, “We can share it.”
Let us stop looking at DRUGS, EASY MONEY, SENSUAL PLEASURES, IMMORALITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE THINK IS ‘HAPPINESS’. IT IS ONLY A MIRAGE, let us remember what the late and great Einstein said - He was touring Japan and at his hotel, a bellboy delivered him a message!!! Einstein didn’t have a tip so he just wrote down a Theory of Happiness and gave it to the boy – this note recently sold for $1.5 million!!! What Einstein wrote was “A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness!!!” Think about it, one of the most brilliant minds said that a peaceful mind and a peaceful life are the key to happiness!!! BUT, look at how the world thinks of HAPPINESS today; we are constantly told ‘get this’ ‘do that’ ‘keep pushing yourself’ ‘work real hard’ and then you will get to be happy!!! Just imagine that you want to buy a new watch because you saw a lot of people wearing it and looking cool and extremely happy!!! Will getting that watch make you happy??? Or, will you be happy when you no longer have any craving for that watch??? We often think that big houses and supercars, rewards and accolades can make us happy!!! Actor Jim Carey said “I wish that everybody could be rich and famous so that they would see for themselves that it is not the answer!!! Therefore, all you guys and girls, men and women out there who foolishly think that HAPPINESS CAN BE BOUGHT, let’s remember what Einstein said; let’s stop rushing through our days in the hope of being happy sometime in the future!!! Let us embrace a calm and modest way of life instead and experience the REAL HAPPINESS WE DESERVE!!! FIND PEACE – CREATE YOUR OWN HAPPINESS!!!