Tomorrow is another day
Rarely we think about the consequences of our actions, mostly we live in the day, make ourselves "thoughts" about the things, people and events, but live thereby just not in the NOW and HERE, but in the past, in the future, in our illusions.
In Asia people also eat insects, one day then the insects eat the people (when they are dead), everything is in motion, nothing is constant, the central element in evolution is transience, no one will stay, all will go again, the karma is the fixed size, but we can grow on us, build up better karma. Like the cards in the card game we get our destiny allotted, but which cards we play when, that is up to us, so we can just "play along" in the game of life.
Big animals eat the smaller ones, but when life comes to an end, the small animal eats the big carcass, life goes into a new round. From a tree "one" can make millions of matches, with only one match then light the whole forest, small is not always small, large is not always large, everything has its time.
What seems small today, is huge tomorrow at one stroke, a few days later then small again, life is a coming and going.
That's why Buddha taught his followers not to evaluate, because an evaluation is always created from the respective filters, which we hold in front of our eyes, because otherwise we don't believe to be able to cope with the complex connections, which in the end is also only an evaluation, so it must be subject to change.
Today we are strong and powerful, rich and healthy, tomorrow the tide has turned completely, a "little thing" has thrown us off track, nothing is as it was. Humility helps here, and the philosophy of the teacher of all teachers, I cannot give any other advice.
Make yourself aware of these connections every morning before you leave the house. For this purpose I have hung a Post-It on the inside of the door to remind me to leave my pride and haughtiness within my own four walls, not to drag these "bad" human qualities with me. Just as Buddha taught.
Tomorrow is another day, it is not at all sure whether we will wake up, whether our loved ones will be with us, whether everything will be like "always", or completely different, not even the wind knows. Don't take anything for granted, don't put yourself in a false sense of security, nothing is guaranteed.
For example, if you sit at the dentist and hope that time will pass quickly, well, one day all your time will have passed, act accordingly. The teachings of Buddha can be a support that leads to enlightenment.
The way must be the goal!
In the morning he dwells in the state in which he wants to dwell in the morning
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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