All things are created by the mind 一切为心造
Although Buddhism teaches that “all things are created by the mind”, this is not a kind of subjective idealism claiming that the mind has created everything out of something there is in the world, nor that the mind can create whatever it desires…while working hard with total commitment is no doubt a positive thing, it is often a waste of effort when we are too eager to act and neglect to reflect. Example, when the heart is unable to settle down due to the things happening around you while showing care and concern (with worries and undoubtedly elements of concern). While the other party don’t want to say anything when you have know there’s something..How would you feel? Especially in the later part when you know the other person was having kind intentions in the 1st place, can you really bear to hate the person? Or have the person did spare a thought and feelings in the another people shoes?
When i was in my thoughts, i had noticed something which may seems its not nice to say it out. When someone or anybody made a certain decision in some point of time, have someone or anybody really give a thought about what lies ahead? Does it have any affect on the people who are showing care and concern unconditionally? Is it the higher of our level of education, the less sensitive we are to ultimate reality. As knowledge increase, judgements decrease. As expertise widens up, problems proliferate. The more medicine we take, the worst our health becomes. We may be possessing more and more, yet the value of our life is plummeting. This is where my view comes in…there are no right and wrong, all these are based of individual perception and the mind at that point of time believes you are right and standing firm to the choice you had made. Why not the person spare a thought and rethink it in another way. By then, you may or would know the reasons behind all the cause of all these. Different people’s personalities have their own way on showing of concern. If you keep on comparing and comparing, there will be no end to it…
In reality, suffering and joy in this world are mutually inseparable and interdependent. Some people want the wows and not the woes but there can be no joy without suffering. If things have gone well, one can hardly feel blessed. Thus, it is suffering that gives joy its worth and misfortune that will makes the fortunate blessed, just as sickness and poverty makes one appreciate good health and wealth respectively.
All these are also call Impermanence is non-permanence. Things change constantly everyday, we do not remain the same. Besides the changes that we see in our daily life, the world is also constantly in a state of flux. Starting from the time that we are born, we grow and change over the years and become who we are today. Because things are impermanent, babies can grow into adults. In this life of impermanence we must remain down to earth and practical and work hard to create a successful career and life. This is made possible due to the power of impermanence. There are times when things do not change for the better even if we put in our best efforts. This is impermanence as well.
Impermanence does not mean that things are empty and unreal. It embodies a powerful force for life and pro-active action. This is the correct view of impermanence. People who lack a pro-active attitude towards life frequently say things like: “Whatever I do, it will not help the situation” or “I’m old already. I can’t do anything now” or maybe “Not knowing anything at all and knowing that there is something but no one tells you anything about it are two different things”. They do not know that this pessimistic attitude is in fact an incorrect understanding of the law of impermanence. When we are born, the aging process sets in and our mental and physical abilities deteriorate over time. As we get older, our body and mind will not be in as good a state as when we were young. This is a natural process. There is no need for us to get too depressed over it and fall into the trap of nihilism, taking all joy out of life.
