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LIFE’S PROBLEMS…A Story To Reflect On
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As I jumped off from the 11th Floor of the building …
I saw the known loving couple in the 10th Floor hitting each other.
“In life, there will be times of happiness and pleasure and times of sorrow and pain.”
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In the 9th Floor, I saw the usually toughand strong Peter
crying…
“No unenlightened being is free from the suffering that
comes with existence…realizing this
Truth is one step to spiritual wisdom.”
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In the 8th Floor, Ah Meijust found out her fiancee is sleeping with her best friend…
“In life, sometimes things that you do not expect or want, happen and things
that you wish for or want, do not happen …a realization of this helps one to cope and
be more at peace with oneself.”
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In the 7th Floor, Dan is
taking her daily anti-depression medicine…
“The greater our ignorance and
delusion, the more we will suffer mentally or
psychologically.”
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In the 6th Floor, jobless Heng still buys 7
newspapers to search for a job every day.
“Do we realize that there are more
unfortunate ones in the world
compared to us?When will we see
things more clearly and count our
Blessings?”
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In the 5th Floor, much respected Mr. Wong is trying his wife’s undergarment. “We may not know,
but so many are tormented by psychological problems and aberrations.”
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In the 4th Floor, Rose is again fighting with the
boyfriend.
“When Compassion and Wisdom grow in us, we will suffer
less from arguments,
conflicts, quarrels and
fights”.
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In the 3rd Floor, every day the old man is
hoping someone would come by and pay him a
visit.
“So many in the world are suffering from the ‘Mental
Dis-Ease’ of restlessness,
boredom, remorse, guilt, worry,
and loneliness.”
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In the 2nd Floor, Lily is still staring at the picture of her lost
husband since half a year ago.
“There is Suffering in old age, sickness and death … when
there is realization of the inevitability of this, one can cope
with life better and one can attain greater mental
peace.”
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Before I jumped off from the building, I thought I was the
most unlucky person. “In life, Right View and Attitude, Right
Thought, Right Effort and the cultivation of
Compassion and Wisdom will lessen
our Suffering.”
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Now I just realized that everyone has
their own problems and worries.
“Every human being is subjected to the dualistic conditions of* Pleasure and Pain* Gain and Loss* Praise and Blame* Honor and Dishonor”
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After I had seen all these, I found out, in
fact, I wasn’t that bad at all. “The Right Attitude
and being able to see the way things really are in life, will lead us
to more and more mental peace and
freedom.”
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The people that I saw just now are looking at me now.
“When there is Right Understanding of the Nature of
Life and the mind is calm, mindful and clear, insight and wisdom arise and we would not
resort to foolish actions.”
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I think after they see me now, they might feel they are not that bad after all.
DUKKHA ( Suffering, Conflict, Problems, Unsatisfactoriness ) is inherent in Existence. There is a Spiritual Path out of this. Seek and Realize it.
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“LIFE’S PROBLEMS” … The End
May we walk the Spiritual Path and attain Bliss, Peace and Freedom of the Mind.
With Metta,Bro. Oh Teik Bin