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This is Why Healing Never Comes
At some point in your life you lost peace of mind because something disturbed you. It could’ve been a parent’s neglect or admonishment, a health crisis or your own curiosity or ignorance. But whatever it was that happened, it bothered you.
At this point of discomfort, you then desired peace — the same peace you had before being disturbed. Perhaps you had been hurt or disturbed before but you were comforted. And by focusing on the love you received you returned to peace and everything went back to normal.
But not this day and not on this occasion. At this point, you were never soothed and so you continued to desire peace. Maybe the source of love and comfort was the very thing that caused you pain. Maybe it was something foreign and your caretaker couldn’t intervene.
Whatever the case may be, it is this lack of peace that has been the underlying issue throughout your life.
Every new issue that arises is based on the same formula. Something disturbs you, you aren’t soothed or can’t soothe yourself, which leads to a desire for peace. And as the Buddha said, “Desire is the root of suffering.”
As the issues increase, the desire for peace increases but also becomes more sophisticated. Now we want more money, more sex, more power, less people, less jurisdiction, less obstacles. Whatever an…
