203-Grasping for Wind - Buddhism in daily life

Grasping for Wind


No matter what we humans do, nothing will really change anything,
because all being in this world is finite, transient, subject to
decay.


Today still young and full of strength, tomorrow already withered
and frail, the philosophy of Buddha is designed to avoid human
suffering, because deep inside we suffer, because we know our
fate very well.


Every action can only change something for the moment, just as
the moment passes, the NOW and the HERE constantly passes in the
flow of the universe, new opportunities emerge, are present, pass
away again.


No matter what you reach for, it is not yours. This is a truth
that must first sink in, for only in this moment do we live, the
treasures we accumulate, they will one day belong to another
person, nothing is forever, everything is in flux.


This is exactly what Buddha was talking about, whose teaching
offers a refuge to people who can no longer (or don't want to)
reach for the wind, because this reaching is just as unnecessary
as a parasol without sun. Because we can reach for anything, but
we can't hold on to it (permanently). The sooner we understand
this, the easier we will lead our existence.


It would be much more important for us to "reach" for things that
are permanent, like the "enlightenment" that Buddha found a long
time ago, but which is just not easy for everyone to find. The
very first thing that would be necessary for this would be a good
portion of courage, to name the circumstances clearly, not to
take refuge in illusions, to look reality in the eye, because
Buddhists are realists, not dreamers.


What I am saying here is of course difficult to "digest", because
the good news of a savior would be much more comfortable, who
should then also take all sins upon himself. Buddhism, however,
is about self-responsibility, about awakening, about the personal
path, which can by no means be walked by a teaching, but which
everyone must complete himself. It is about growing and the
subsequent awakening, about the liberation from the fetters of
human existence.


Nothing and no one can help you in this, and deep inside you know
exactly, even if the great uncertainty often makes us doubt.


Where were we before we were born?


Who are we?


Where will we go?


These questions occupy every inhabitant of the earth, everyone
thinks (more or less often) about these topics, everyone knows
that all grasping can only be a grasping for the wind.


The way is the goal, only the enlightenment counts!


That seeker endures heat and cold, hunger and thirst, wind, sun
and snow.


- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before
the year zero


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