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If there’s anything certain in this world, it is the truth that everything in life is fleeting and impermanent; everything changes and nothing ever stays the same. Everything is in a constant flux of change, which goes on to say that pleasurable conditions, favorable circumstances, our relationships with those we hold dear, and even our health and well-being – any sense of comfort and security we derive from these things is continually threatened by life’s flux and uncertainty; and ultimately, by death – the most profound change of all.
If there’s something absolute, it is the truth that there’s nothing absolute in the world, which means that everything is relative, conditioned and impermanent. Thus, is it not, indeed so, what has been said long ago, in the Bible (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8), and is it not, indeed so, that it holds true even today – that there is a time for everything?
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
The undeniable truth of the material world is the truth of change or impermanence; the world changes all the time, and the more we try to hold onto the good times – the more we suffer; the same is the case for the bad times as well – the more we fight against, resist and reject – the more we suffer.
People’s ignorance over the nature of change is the ultimate cause of suffering. We desire to hold on to what we value, and we suffer when life’s inevitable process of change separates us from those things.
Even though we like to hold on to things, to own and possess as many things as possible – the inevitable truth is that nothing is ours to keep, which goes on to say that when the time comes for us to leave this physical world, we take nothing with us; we leave everything behind us, including our own bodies. The more we learn to accept and embrace this truth, the more peace we will feel in our hearts, and the easier it will become for us to deal with life’s many changes and challenges.
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~ ॐ ~ Sambodhi Padmasamadhi ~ ∞ ~
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~ ॐ ~ Sambodhi Padmasamadhi ~ ∞ ~
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