015-Buddhism in daily life - How does the fire burn?

Does the match light the flame, or does the flame light the
match?


Who came first, the hen or the egg?


Where does the energy that is in us come from?


Questions upon questions!


I maintain that we can control energies, especially those within
us. We can also move energies within us, control them, direct
them to every corner of our body. This is especially noticeable
in yoga exercises, in Qi Gong and in sports in general.


Also, with these exercises we can nurture and increase the
energies within us, we can even ration them. Of course, we can
also waste them, drink and smoke too much, eat badly, not move,
then the energies decrease visibly.


At the end of the day, our energies (Chinese: Qi) are to a large
extent the oxygen we get from our breath, which is why maximizing
our oxygen intake leads directly to more energy.


But where does the ignition energy come from, and why does it go
out one fine day with death?


That in turn comes back to the most important question: who are
you? And that leads to: where do I come from? Where am I going to
go?


According to Buddha, we must take care of our body, take care of
it, otherwise we will not be able to reach the mind, the six
windows will be lost in the accumulation of garbage.


Where do you want the journey to take you? You are reading on a
Buddhist website, so in any case you are interested in the search
of the self. But easier said than done, where to get the
discipline to maintain, strengthen, cultivate the fire?


Buddha taught his followers a fair amount of discipline, since
the body is our vehicle, the six windows allow the energy to flow
into us, no obstruction is acceptable.


The match is therefore us, which is ignited by the flame (our
energy), thus also consumes our body thus also, since each match
once burned down, has come to the end. Then we can still burn our
fingers briefly at the end of the match, then the life energy of
the body goes out, but your ego just not. The concept of rebirth
means that we are born again, that there is more of us than just
the ephemeral match.


It is always difficult for us humans to think about such
connections, too terribly the fate with birth, illness, age and
death appears. NOTHING will remain of the shell, alone the idea
of the future makes us shudder.


But with death it is by no means finished. Where were you, before
you were conceived?


The way is the goal!





Three fires are to be avoided, not to be entertained: the fire of
lust, the fire of hate, the fire of delusion. And three fires are
to be worshipped and practiced for true salvation: the fire of
filial reverence, the fire of the good householder and the fire
of pious giving


- Buddha - honorary name of the Indian philosopher Siddhartha
Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero





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