149-We build our own cages part 2 - Buddhism in daily life

We build our own cages part 2


There are many different kinds of cages, but they all have in
common that they are made by humans for humans, but mostly we put
our own person into such kennels.


I will give you some examples:


The cage of greed for food, when we compensate our true
personality with "eating".


The prison of greed for alcohol, because we want to escape from
the true here and now.


The prison of drugs, because the ego can't stand our own self.


Not to forget the dungeon of lusts, because the short thrill
brings a distraction.


The gate of gambling addiction, to find at least a break from
transience.


The lonely hovel of money that feigns a sense of importance.


The illusion of power to distract from one's poverty.


I think that now you understand what I mean! All these cages are
self-made, only for the own person.


But sometimes also for other people, because one wants to achieve
something with the construction of the cage, instead of just
"letting go". A always during game, over the millennia people
played themselves up, wanted to establish "power", and become
only builders of monstrous horrors, perhaps "well" thought, but
just "badly" made.


Then there are the cages, which we maintain out of wrongly
understood consideration, which we do to ourselves (and our
environment), because we are too cowardly to see the truth, to
speak out, to act according to it.


Instead, we prefer to remain in an unhappy relationship, afraid
of being alone, of the neighbors' opinion, of financial
disadvantages, of whatever "one" may be afraid of.


Or maybe we build cages around ourselves because we think we are
"not good enough" for something, we think we "don't deserve"
something, or we think we are not "suitable". Therefore we think
we "can't" do this and that, "don't" have a chance, there are as
many cages as there are people, and more.


Which cage is holding you? And why? Do you know an answer? And if
not, why? Why could it come to this? Is there a way out?


YES


The philosophy of the great teacher offers the only possible
explanation how the things, living beings and incidents are
(could be) connected, because every consideration about the true
effect of the light is just subjective, because an objective does
not exist. One observer likes roses, the woman next to him finds
flowers terrible.


The way, you know, that is the goal!


The seeker looks at his guilt and feels imprisonment.


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


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