Is Buddhism correct to say suffering is inevitable?
Statue of Buddha The Buddha said that suffering is inevitable. Our experience seems to confirm that. In the course of an average week, most of us experience some emotional suffering as the result of feeling at least some unhappiness, upset, fear, or anger. To what do we almost always attribute the source of these unpleasant and painful emotions? Almost always we say the cause is something or someone outside ourselves: Losing a job or a loved one, being betrayed by a friend, lack of money, etc. We think: If only the people responsible for my upset would act [...]
Suffering is unnecessary
Imagine you’re driving down a country road at night and suddenly you get a flat tire. Have you ever had a flat tire late at night? How did you feel? Annoyed? … You open your trunk and discover you have no jack. Now you are really upset. You decide to walk back to a farmhouse you remember passing about a mile back. As you walk you start thinking: “Oh boy, I’m going to look like a city slicker who doesn’t even know how to change a tire. The farmer probably will laugh at me. He’ll make me feel ridiculous. He [...]
The Relationship Between Buddhism and The Lefkoe Method
About 20 years ago I had the opportunity to discuss my work (which was only a few years old at that point) with Dr. Larry Dossey, a pioneer in the mind-body and holistic health fields. I told him how the Lefkoe Belief Process (LBP) eliminated beliefs and how the Who Am I Really? (WAIR?) Process seemed to help people get into an altered state of consciousness in which they experienced nothing was missing and anything was possible. After discussing my work with me for a few minutes, Larry asked if I had studied Buddhism. I replied that I had read [...]
