074-What do I want from life? - Buddhism in daily life

What do I want from life?

How often do I hear that those around me are undecided, don't "know" exactly, haven't decided yet; many people let themselves drift, similar to a leaf in the wind. I know so many people who have been searching for so long, not really knowing what they want in life, wandering through life without purpose or goal.

According to Buddha, it doesn't matter if we decide or not, everything will come as it must.

But for those of us who see ourselves as feel-good Buddhists, who see the philosophy of the teacher of all teachers more as a kind of second religion, for them it is of central importance to find out what they really want.

Every day we make an infinite number of decisions, in the morning tea or coffee, the white or the blue shirt, shower or cat wash, by train or by car to work, do I call her or wait for the great love, do I want the bigger apartment? Questions upon questions, to which there are all kinds of answers that can also be logically justified.

But what is reasonable, what do I really need, can heart and mind really agree?

By thinking, we try to find the "best" solution for us, but often we get more and more confused, thoughts go round in circles without stopping, the rational solution is difficult to find. In addition, we hardly know ourselves, we don't know what we really need.

But how do we find out what really suits us, what makes us feel "comfortable"? It is quite simple, if we switch off the ratio, go into the body, let it choose. This sounds strange at first, how should the body decide something?

Remember when you go for a stroll in another city, you just wander around aimlessly? Here the body is looking for direction, "subconsciously" you are being pulled and guided. In many things, the body leads so much better than the mind. It knows what you really want. Whether you call it a feeling, or some kind of providence, the body is like a compass, pulling to where is "good" for you. If you then feel some kind of excited tingling, then it is "good" for you. But if your neck tightens slightly, your breathing becomes dull, your throat dry, then it's just "bad" for you.

Why don't you just try things out one after the other and feel inside yourself where which feelings arise. If you want to move to Hamburg, for example, then take a vacation there first, if you want to change your job, then do it as a test.

The way is the goal! Follow the body.

Beware of acts of anger, make the body your servant. Avoid all sins of deed, do right with your body.

- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero

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