Emotionally difficult and painful situations are part of the life cycle, however, these types of situations tend to be out of our control or are a direct consequence of our decisions or actions, so we tend to close without knowing what to do or how to do it. This is one of the cases where Buddhist psychology can help us.
To deal with disagreements, it is often the support of those around us that keeps us stable or helps us move forward. But what happens when we don’t want to or don’t have friends and family around?This is the moment when we must be deeply aware of the benefits of Buddhist psychology.
- It is customary to regard Buddhism as one of the main religions of the Eastern world 2.
- 500 years ago.
- This current was born as a philosophical and psychological system.
- Without religious pretensions.
- In fact.
- According to the ascetic Siddharta Gautama.
- Known as Buddha.
- Buddhism is the science of the mind.
Buddha founded this school to promote a method capable of eradicating our suffering, for him, part of a series of assumptions and a very useful thought structure to understand and accept his emotions.
Buddhist psychology starts from an idea that, although it seems pessimistic, is full of hope: the nature of human life is suffering, from there it defends four noble truths, which contain most of the teachings of Buddhist psychology and are the basis on which this type of meditation is based:
To deal with these difficult situations and eradicate pain, Buddha says that we must know its origin, and only when we have established this cause can we free ourselves from our suffering, only then will we be able to see futility. of our concerns and our discouragement.
“10% of our lives are related to what happens to us, and the remaining 90% is related to how we react to it. Stephen R. Covey?
According to Buddhist psychology, people maintain various habits that make them ignorant in life. They don’t know what the processes and stages of life are and that’s what makes them suffer.
“Dukkha comes from desire, attachment and ignorance. But this can be won. Buddha?
The last of the four truths speaks of the noble octuple path, a path composed of 8 practical or postulated branches that allow to achieve harmony, balance and the development of a total consciousness, is usually represented by the wheel of the dharma, where each of the rays symbolizes an element of the path, these branches can be grouped, in turn , in three main categories:
These 8 assumptions should not be interpreted as a series of linear steps, but must be developed simultaneously, according to the capabilities of each person.
We all want to be happy, but no one agrees on how to define happiness, each person has a different idea of what it is: going to work, having a material abundance, having a progeny ?, this current says that even though we achieve all these goals that we set ourselves, we are not satisfied.
When one of our desires is fulfilled, we move on to another and then to another, and so, little by little, we immerse ourselves in a circle that seems to have no end, all in the false hope of being happy.
Buddhist psychology considers that the desires established in our minds lead us to attachment (to people, to material goods, to beliefs?). This is precisely one of the causes of the greatest suffering, because when we stick, we identify with objects or people and lose our identity. We forget about ourselves and real human needs.
Buddhism gives us tools to work with attachment and seek knowledge, only from it will we be able to understand what we need most (personal development, harmonious emotional life?) And evolve in the school of life with a greater consciousness.
Through meditation. As we have seen, Buddhist thought practices aim to increase understanding and wisdom and eradicate suffering. Although the techniques vary according to each school and tradition, they all have the common goal of achieving a state of maximum attention and tranquility.
These are the main currents of Buddhism that can help us stop suffering at these particularly emotionally difficult times:
Certainly, Buddhism is about openly informing your emotions, raising awareness, designating them and accepting them, they are part of your existence but, like everything else, they are mutants, so there is no need to control them.