The inner enemy

July 19, 2013

The problems or sickness we experience are like clouds in the sky obscuring the sun. Just as the clouds temporarily block the sun but are not of the same nature as the sun, our problems or sickness are temporary and the causes of them can be removed from the mind.

The basic root of our problems and sickness is selfishness, what we can call the inner enemy. Selfishness causes us to engage in negative actions, which place negative imprints on the mindstream. These negative actions can be of body, speech or mind, such as thoughts of jealousy, anger and greed.

Selfish thoughts also increase pride, which results in feelings of jealousy towards those higher than us, superiority towards those lower than us and competitiveness towards equals. These feelings in turn result in an unhappy mind, a mind that is without peace. On the other hand, thoughts and actions directed to the well-being of others bring happiness and peace to the mind.

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    Mario BRUNO

    July 19, 2013

    GREAT POST LIKE ALWAYS AND THE MESSAGE DEEPER AND DEEPER , THANK YOU FOR BEING A BLESSING IN MY LIFE ! +Jendhamuni Sos 🙂

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    johnny conner

    July 19, 2013

    A very deep and beautiful lesson from Lord Buddha. Thank you, sister, you are a real blessing and a joy to me each day.

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    David Gary

    July 19, 2013

    I have to disagree because we have different personalities,thus different things such as competitiveness makes some happy.

    God gave us our own minds with traits for a reason and that is a gift I greatly cherish.

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    David Gary

    July 19, 2013

    +Jendhamuni Sos I don't think you have a firm grasp on what an inner enemy truly is.

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    David Gary

    July 19, 2013

    +Jendhamuni Sos I don't think you have a firm grasp on what an inner enemy truly is.

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    Dan Lettington

    July 20, 2013

    And David I don't think you have a grasp on your inner enemy. They will destroy you

  21. Reply  

    Pieter Hibma

    July 20, 2013

    What do you think of the concept of selfactualisation ?

  22. Reply  

    azad verma

    July 20, 2013

    I think so better,a nice photo

    Sent from Samsung Mobile

  25. Reply  

    LaDonna Bitters

    July 20, 2013

    God gave us life, free will. With those we can choose to either honor, praise & glorify ourselves or Him.

  32. Reply  

    pskumar

    July 20, 2013

    how are you?dearest jendhamuni..

  33. Reply  

    pskumar

    July 20, 2013

    how are you?dearest jendhamuni………..

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    NWOFOKE EMMANUEL ISAAC

    July 20, 2013

    Oh merciful God a sinner iam a sinner was i concieved.plz God deliver me from selfishness,wickdness, greedyness, grudges e.t.c and help me 2 live an emulative life in Jesus name Amen

  44. Reply  

    Atul Shukla

    July 26, 2013

    Thank you for this nice post Jendhamuni Sos.

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