259-The truth about wolves- Buddhism in daily life

The truth about wolves

There are two wolves living in us; one wolf is bad, he stands for bad qualities like arrogance, jealousy, greed, envy and jealousy. The other wolf is good, representing peace, goodness, hope and love.

These two wolves are in each of us, fighting daily against each other, consciously or unconsciously.

The wolf that we feed, that we pay attention to with our thoughts, that we spend our energies on, will win.

You can see a thing this way or that way, express yourself about it this way or that way, put your focus this way or that way.

Example:

Option A - I am so exhausted from all the work, never having any money, having to raise my children, and now also taking care of my sick mother

Option B - I am so happy that I have enough work, money is tight but I manage, my children are a complete joy, my mother lives with us now, that's nice.

We are often not aware of how we evaluate things, but an attentive listener can already recognize our thoughts and feelings from the energy of the words.

What can we do, how can we improve ourselves here?

First we should ask ourselves if we want to improve at all, which wolf we will feed in the future, how our energy should be from now on.

Then we can consciously pay attention to our thoughts, such as replacing an "I must" with an "I will", integrate the mindfulness taught by Buddha into our lives, become attentive to the energies. Right cognition, right thinking, right acting and right speaking can be practiced, this strengthens one's self, one's character, one's personality.

As a next step we should get used to distinguish the two wolves, to train ourselves to feed only the 'good' wolf, for example by starting to look forward to everyday things. I look forward to cooking dinner (for me and my family), I look forward to doing laundry, I look forward to cleaning day, I LOOK FORWARD TO ..............

Such an approach makes us humble and grateful, thankful for every moment, for every day, for every encounter.

Whether success or failure, I am glad for every experience, it makes me grateful and happy to be able to "experience", to "be", to be human.

Search in your memory palace for the two wolves, give them a name, personalize the two. Talk to the wolves inside you, become aware of them.

See how you can get rid of the bad wolf!

I will not miss fighting, fighting will miss me

- Muhammad Ali - former US boxer - 1942 to 2016

I fight, I fight to win

- Margaret Thatcher - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - 1925 to 2013

When we fight evil, we fight the most terrible thing of all: Indifference

- Robin Williams - US actor and comedian - 1951 - 2014

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