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Pathological mental attitude

Two people stand next to each other and look at the rose bush, one says "beautiful", the other hates roses. Life is hard, harmony is not the standard.

But what is sick, what is "still" normal, and does "normal" even exist?

Rational arguments are no longer accepted anywhere, the self-imposed insanity goes into the next round, will dissenters soon be burned alive again in the marketplace?

Madness has afflicted many brains, the constant threat situations have left depressed egomaniacs, psychologically disturbed, with burnout. Buddha said that exactly this ego mostly causes the problems.

Already ancient Rome perished from its arrogance, it seems to be related to the ego, over the centuries, an up and down of cultures, the human component just.

Pathological mental attitudes have arisen, the quirks become more and stronger, Buddha admonished again and again not to fall for the ego. The little man on the shoulder who spouts this nonsense, who wants to talk us into all kinds of things.

Doubts and worries come from the thought palace, the mind is just heavy, the view is fickle. Man is a strange animal.

Now the confused brains are again increasingly sedated with pills, happiness lies in the pills that the gods (in white) send to the faithful. The causes of the morbid mental attitudes are of course not discussed aloud, the uptight society hinders itself.

According to Buddha, the causes of mental illnesses are often to be found in the disturbed ego; people have been making their own problems for thousands of years. The philosophy of the great teacher aims to get such escapades of mental activities under control, to take away the space of insanity, to bring back calmness and peace into existence.

The medial excesses of the last years have harmed many people very much, the society gets sick, comes only with difficulty from the global problems to personal experiences, the collective worries constantly, according to the teacher of all teachers, however, we should just not "make head", but accept the life as it is.

To get out of the cycle of mental illnesses requires a clear decision. Do I want to keep my mind healthy? What do I have to do for it? What changes are necessary? Because behind the facade, not everything is vain bliss and sunshine, life is just the way it is, we have to accept the circumstances.

No man is an island, of course we humans are also dependent on influences, but "we must" deal with it in such a way that our mental health does not suffer.

Because also spiritually seen the way is the goal!

I am purified in my spiritual behavior

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

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