SICKNESS, AGEING & DEATH 18 April.

It is amazing that only yesterday, I was thinking about how curious it was that I have not been genuinely sick for a long time, I was wondering if I was fit as a fiddle, such that viruses can’t take over me. And today, most ironically, I started to feel feverish. Wow! I was humbled by the law of karma. In the sense I really can’t tell what my karma entails ahead. I was trying to imagine last night about how sickness felt like and the possibility that I might never feel it again! How vain!

Today, I’m reminded that:

Sickness is sickening! --- (Remember that it feels terrible and can strike anytime)
Ageing is crippling! --- (Old age cripples body and mind bit by bit and this is a process that happens all the time)
Death is deadly! --- (Life is a deadly disease we all die of!)

I feel it in my bones.
Our body will lose the battle someday.
Even the Buddha was no exception.
He advised, “The body can be sick, but the mind should not be.”
This is Samaras,
no matter how advanced technology will be;
there will be sickness (there are always new viruses appearing),
ageing (can be slowed down but still happens) and death.
There is no cure except spiritual cultivation.
I’m saying all this to remind ourselves the reality of sickness, ageing and death.

One who lives without keeping them in mind is most likely to live life in vain.

BAD MOOD 19 April.

Don’t think you have a valid excuse for “bad” behavior when you are moody (in a bad mood). Don’t think you can just say something offensive, followed by, “Sorry, I didn’t mean that, I’m in a bad mood today.” You can’t just walk away like that. Do you expect others to understand that and forgive you --- again and again when you do it again and again? We can control our moods --- we are our master.

Master your Mind
Or be
Mastered by Mind

Not a single angry word slipped out of the Buddha’s lips even when the party He was talking to cursed and swore at HIM. Nope --- no moody blues for He who is ever mindful and is a master of His mind. Don’t want any excuse from you again!