099-Self-sabotage - Buddhism in daily lifew

Self-sabotage


Who doesn't know it, the stupid feeling when you stand in your
own way. Sometimes this even happens intentionally, self-sabotage
happens more often than we think, just when thoughts make your
life harder.


For example, when we say YES but think NO, we do everything
possible to sabotage the YES, even at the risk of harming
ourselves.


Such behavior is harmful, and not really appropriate for the
Buddha's followers, since the great teacher taught us to look
behind the scenes.


But whoever thinks about such behavior comes to the conclusion
that he should better say NO right away, that is, he should not
tell a lie, because the result is already clear, the thinking
individual must be aware of it as a consequence.


To stand in our own way is normal, not all our decisions can be
right, but the conscious self-sabotage, that is a completely
different kind of quality in our emotional actions. Emotions pull
us in different directions, it is not always easy to recognize
the right way.


And the truth also requires a good portion of courage, which is
why we often say YES, but mean NO. When was the last time you
dared to tell an annoying person what you think, not to let them
get away with their nonsense? We don't want to say unpleasant
things!


But if you have the courage to talk about annoying problems, you
will probably belong to the group of more successful people,
because in order to assert yourself, you have to get to the
point.


What do I want, what do I need? These are the kind of questions
that awakened people no longer ask themselves, but on the way to
"enlightenment" you will find the normal stumbling blocks of
interpersonal relationships.


Especially the "feel-good Buddhists" don't want to hurt their
environment, just make things worse (in the long run) with
technology. For my part, I always address the things that bother
me right away, I don't leave anything in the room simply out of
convenience, not because I want to assert myself, but because I
want to be such a role model for my environment, honest but
uncomfortable, not ducking away, but also professing the
philosophy of the great teacher.


Many people suffer unnecessarily because they do not have the
strength to do the right thing at the right moment. Here I would
like to refer to the noble eightfold path of the Buddha, which
begins with: Right cognition, right mind, then right speech and
right action.


The way is also here the goal!





Wise men know: Desire does not satisfy even golden rain


- Buddha - "The Enlightened One" - honorary name of Siddharta
Gautama - 560 to 480





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