163-The cycle of life - Buddhism in daily life

The cycle of life


The birds eat the worms, after our death the worms eat us, life
is a coming and going, it is a cycle.


According to Buddha, the cycle of rebirths is not limited to
eating and being eaten, but to the continuation of the ego in its
germ cell, which is thrown into incarnations until the bearer has
worked off his karma, no longer needs to be reborn.


If one looks at the bustle on this planet, a food chain is
unmistakable. The small ones are eaten by the bigger ones, which
are then eaten again by even bigger animals, cruel and painful is
the nature, a hard fight for survival plays out before our eyes.


The blackbirds on my balcony brought their young so many worms to
eat, I had never seen anything like it. The beak full of
creepy-crawlies, twisting and turning like little snakes, nothing
helped, the blackbird parents stuffed masses of worms into the
little birds, without mercy and indulgence the chicks were fed.


Then one day when the blackbirds will be old and fall from the
branch, flocks of scavengers will pounce on the carcasses, the
cycle of life goes on and on, there is no escape.


So it is with our spiritual being, we get so many opportunities
to grow, to grow beyond ourselves. When we think about it like
this, what do you think, is there perhaps a reason why we are in
the world after all? Or are we just the food for future
generations of worms?


Buddha lived a path for us that goes far beyond the usual
patterns of thought. No subordination to an elitist class to be
worshipped, no, an active thinking, acting, speaking and living,
a way of the middle, towards personal enlightenment, that is his
philosophy.


If you think about the cycle of life like this, the fate of human
beings is hard and painful. Nothing will remain, everything will
pass away, yes, heaven, it is waiting according to the
monotheistic teachings, but only after death is the entrance to
paradise possible. In Buddhism, we can enter Nirvana right now,
because the said Nirvana is a state of mind that comes with
tranquility and peace.


The teacher of all teachers has exemplified it to us; we can
follow his path. What do we have to lose? Some time and effort,
we can easily spare, the prospects of spiritual maturity are too
tempting. Do you want to give it a chance?


The path is and remains my goal!


It is one and the same being which goes through the cycle of
rebirths again and again


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


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