033-The problem ist the trancience - Buddhism in daily life

We humans are disoriented, confused, without direction in this day and age.

Precisely for this reason, the ability to perceive is also severely damaged, because we need it even faster, even harder, even more perverse.

Video with sound has replaced the written word, because reading takes far too long, no one thinks they have the time to read.

Having at least a thousand TV channels is normal, countless websites relentlessly bring news on every topic, radio, social networks, people live in a digital abundance, can even run all sources simultaneously.

Why is this so? Right, deep down man has such incredible fear of his own transience, so "you" better get on, "you" can't get enough of it, would be best everywhere, and then nowhere in the end.

Quickly upload a video, post the food, check the news, calculate the route, then modern man feels safe, "safe" in the madness of his environment, without rest and quiet on the way to nowhere.

On top of that, we forget how to read; images from television, YouTube and cell phones take over the culture in the land of poets and thinkers. Pure entertainment is in demand, distraction from fate, the end is near, let's "pull in" another video.

We do everything possible to distract ourselves from our transience, faster, further, higher, where can we find the next kick?

Reading is already too hard, it's better to watch a movie or listen to a podcast, then browse through a magazine at the same time, make a phone call at the same time, supervise the children, all at the same time.

If we make friends with our transience, then we can lead a peaceful life, because we can change nothing anyway, it comes as it must come. If we can't change anything in the outcome of the matter, then why worry about it at all?

The transitoriness, that is a very good target!

What is transient is not worthy of love, not worthy of joy, not worthy of inclination.

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

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