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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