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Pathological mental attitude


Two people stand next to each other and look at the rose bush,
one says "beautiful", the other hates roses. Life is hard,
harmony is not the standard.


But what is sick, what is "still" normal, and does "normal" even
exist?


Rational arguments are no longer accepted anywhere, the
self-imposed insanity goes into the next round, will dissenters
soon be burned alive again in the marketplace?


Madness has afflicted many brains, the constant threat situations
have left depressed egomaniacs, psychologically disturbed, with
burnout. Buddha said that exactly this ego mostly causes the
problems.


Already ancient Rome perished from its arrogance, it seems to be
related to the ego, over the centuries, an up and down of
cultures, the human component just.


Pathological mental attitudes have arisen, the quirks become more
and stronger, Buddha admonished again and again not to fall for
the ego. The little man on the shoulder who spouts this nonsense,
who wants to talk us into all kinds of things.


Doubts and worries come from the thought palace, the mind is just
heavy, the view is fickle. Man is a strange animal.


Now the confused brains are again increasingly sedated with
pills, happiness lies in the pills that the gods (in white) send
to the faithful. The causes of the morbid mental attitudes are of
course not discussed aloud, the uptight society hinders itself.


According to Buddha, the causes of mental illnesses are often to
be found in the disturbed ego; people have been making their own
problems for thousands of years. The philosophy of the great
teacher aims to get such escapades of mental activities under
control, to take away the space of insanity, to bring back
calmness and peace into existence.


The medial excesses of the last years have harmed many people
very much, the society gets sick, comes only with difficulty from
the global problems to personal experiences, the collective
worries constantly, according to the teacher of all teachers,
however, we should just not "make head", but accept the life as
it is.


To get out of the cycle of mental illnesses requires a clear
decision. Do I want to keep my mind healthy? What do I have to do
for it? What changes are necessary? Because behind the facade,
not everything is vain bliss and sunshine, life is just the way
it is, we have to accept the circumstances.


No man is an island, of course we humans are also dependent on
influences, but "we must" deal with it in such a way that our
mental health does not suffer.


Because also spiritually seen the way is the goal!


I am purified in my spiritual behavior


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


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