Every living being has the same basic
wish – to be happy and to avoid suffering. Even newborn babies, animals, and
insects have this wish. It has been our main wish since beginningless time and
it is with us all the time, even during our sleep. We spend our whole life
working hard to fulfil this wish.
Since this world evolved, human beings
have spent much time and energy improving external conditions in their search
for happiness and a solution to their many problems. What has been the result?
Instead of their wishes being fulfilled,
human suffering has continued to increase while the experience of happiness and
peace is decreasing. This clearly shows that we need to find a true method for
gaining pure happiness and freedom from misery.
When things go wrong in our life and we
encounter difficult situations we tend to regard the situation itself as the
problem, but in reality whatever problems we experience come from the side of
the mind. If we were to respond to difficult situations with a positive or
peaceful mind they would not be problems for us; indeed we may even come to
regard them as challenges or opportunities for growth and development. Problems
arise only if we respond to difficulties with a negative state of mind.
Therefore, if we want to be free from problems we must learn to control our
mind.
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