2011.04.02 - Siddhartha Buddha

[Peregrinus]

"Desire is the cause of suffering", I can try to alleviate my desires by meditating, but actively loving people is hard for me, especially since I isolate myself, I think it would be easier for me to discover that love within me with a calm mind then by trying to force it out.

The desire which The Buddha spoke of was a state of consciousness, just as love is a state of consciousness. Perhaps consider that the distortion of what one may believes desire to be, most often the desire for material things or lust, is of lower vibration.

Come to an understanding of this image below and you will have found a map to the route of higher consciousness.



Also, for your viewing pleasure, here are The Buddha's four truths.

The Nature of Suffering (Dukkha):
"This is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; separation from what is pleasing is suffering; not to get what one wants is suffering; in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering."

Suffering's Origin (Samudaya):
"This is the noble truth of the origin of suffering: it is this craving which leads to renewed existence, accompanied by delight and lust, seeking delight here and there, that is, craving for sensual pleasures, craving for existence, craving for extermination."

Suffering's Cessation (Nirodha):
"This is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and relinquishing of it, freedom from it, nonreliance on it."

The Way (Magga) Leading to the Cessation of Suffering:
"This is the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering: it is the Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration."

In humble service,