AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE POSITIVE AFFINITY IS APLENTY IS BENEFICIAL FOR ONE’S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING
Master Jun Hong Lu: Buddhist practice is about regulating the mind, transforming one’s self-centredness such that one can gain clarity of thought. It is with the purity of mind, coupled with the ability to rise above the notion of self and the means to see through the reality of things that one truly discerns the meaning of letting go. In fact, this is also the antidote to modern society’s issues of depression.
Here’s a true story: There was this person who hated one of her co-workers so much that the other party’s voice would make her simmer, and the sight of her running around at the workplace would make her feel disgusted. It got so bad to the extent that a mere glimpse of her would make her stomach churn. Despite seeking innumerable medical help, both western and traditional Chinese medicine, nothing seemed to be able to cure her ailment.
This went on for some time until one fine day, the negative affinity between the two of them ended, and the positive affinity started to take effect. Soon after, an opportunity came up for both of them to work together as a team which brought them to rely on each other and guess what? They became besties. As soon as the knots in her heart were disentangled, decades of stomach problems likewise disappeared. She can now eat without any difficulty. This demonstrates how our inner thoughts and actions control our physical and mental health.
Our human mind is like a mirror that reflects external circumstances and allows them to penetrate our heart.
Bad circumstances hurt our emotions, while favourable ones make us feel motivated.
Favourable circumstances are made possible through practising Buddhism.
So, let’s seize the opportunity and embark on this spiritual path!
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Daily Buddhism In Plain Terms, 19 May 2021