Published on 12, July, 2020
This a thread for a people who are still awake at night and feeling lonely. You can chat here.
I'm awake. I'm stewing things over and unhappy.
stewing things over and unhappy
Anything you want to talk over?
I should sleep. But here's a song with similar ruminations to the ones in my noggin.
What do you think mellowjian?
is this helping at all?
Uhane said:We meet again and again.
That probably explains why there are rare times when I meet someone new and I get that feeling of "I know you" even though our paths have never crossed.
The connection feels real, just not definable.
indeed, you have hit the mark. We are ever evolving beings on a sojourn. It is without end or beginning. We meet again and again.
this link above is the rest of the noble truths this is a good source for good plain English. Dahai lama has a good book on the subject.
here's something:
https://tricycle.org/beginners/buddhism/four-noble-truths/
the perfect late night musing medium.
Life is painful.
"Existence is suffering" is the common translation of the First Noble Truth of Buddhism.
Uhane said:I think what changes and evolves is the eternal soul that shares these succession of bodies we use for the adventure.
Deep!
If this is the case then I guess we should take more care to look after those around us who are struggling if we can - we never know when we may be the ones in need of that same help.