Chapter 21 Chapter 2 Emotions and Pain-3

As his meditation progressed, Siddhartha began to realize the illusory nature of all phenomena.With this realization, he looked back on past court life, banquets and peacock gardens, his friends and family.He learned that the so-called family is like an inn or a hotel, where different travelers come in and have a brief relationship.Eventually, these assembled people will disperse when death comes or sooner.When they're together, maybe they develop trust, responsibility, love, and shared values ​​of success and failure, and all kinds of drama comes out of it. Siddhartha could see clearly that ideas of family, love and togetherness, and all the bewitching aspects of court life, could easily get caught up in one's mind.He sees what no one else sees, like a grown man sees a ring of fire, and knows that it's all illusion, a combination, a part without essence.But like a benevolent parent, Siddhartha did not feel arrogant or superior to others because of the children's confusion. Instead, he saw that there was no evil, no fault, and therefore no responsibility in this wheel. This made him relieved and felt great relief. compassion.

Seeing beyond the surface of court life, Siddhartha was now able to see that his own body had no essence.In his eyes, the ring of fire and the body have the same nature.If one believes that one of these is real—whether temporary or permanent—then his belief is rooted in misunderstanding; bright.It is from this ignorance that our emotions arise.The process from the loss of awareness to the arising of emotion can be fully explained by the Four Noble Truths.We'll talk about that next. * * * * There are countless emotions in this world.Every moment, countless emotions arise because of our misjudgments, prejudices, and ignorance.We are familiar with love and hate, guilt and innocence, piety, pessimism, jealousy and arrogance, fear, shame, sadness and joy, but there are more emotions than these.Some emotions have words for them in some cultures but not in others, and thus are considered "absent".According to Buddhists, there are countless more emotions yet to be named, and even more emotions than our logical world is capable of defining.Some emotions may seem rational, but most are irrational; some emotions may seem peaceful, but they are rooted in aggression.Some are barely noticeable.We may perceive someone as unfeeling or uncaring, but that is an emotion in itself.

Emotions can be childish.For example, you might feel angry because someone else isn't angry when they should be.Or one day you might be upset because your partner is too possessive; the next day you'll be upset because she's not possessive enough.Some emotions can make onlookers laugh, like Britain's Prince Charles telling his then-mistress Camilla that it would be okay if he was reincarnated as her tampon.Some emotions manifest as arrogance, such as those who live in the White House imposing their concept of freedom on the world.Imposing our views on others through bullying, blackmail, deceit, or subtle manipulation is also part of our emotional activity.Christians and Muslims are keen to convert pagans to save them from being destroyed by hellfire and damnation, while existentialists actively want to convert people of faith into pagans.The sentiment is also sometimes presented with absurd arrogance, such as the Indians' allegiance to a country called India that was shaped by the British colonizers.When President Bush declared victory over Iraq from the bridge of the USS Lincoln, many Americans felt an inexplicable sense of self-righteousness, despite the fact that the war had only just begun.Desperately wanting to be noticed is also an emotion; watching Malaysia, Taiwan and China compete to see who can build the world's tallest building seems like a testament to sexual prowess.Emotions can also be pathological and distorted, leading to pedophilia and zoophilia.At one point someone even placed an ad on the Internet pleading for young men who volunteered to be killed.He received responses from six people, and literally killed and devoured one of them.