I woke up early this morning and my mind start wondering. I have slept early the night before and the body is responding by waking me up. A lot of thoughts go through my head as I say before each of us can experience about 50,000 times of changing thoughts per day. If you try to switch off your light switch in your house by 50,000 times, your bulb will blow or you will get exhausted. This is for sure but our mind is so flexible that it can accommodate this repeated process. Of course, there are side effects of this repeated process, it used up your energy and add stress to your body system and you become restless. My way to tame the mind is to write about my experience and share with all of you. If you read my article, you are also focusing your mind and reduce the disturbing thoughts coming through your head and you will feel better.
Yesterday, I had a lunch with a friend, SL and after telling me her travelling experience in the winter in China, she told me that she read an article about people study and work hard to earn money and after that, use the money to cure their health. This is a funny side of life. I know SL when she was a young audit staff and she worked so hard and sacrifice her social life and marriage to become a audit director. Audit work is very tedious and long hours and very stressful. It is a matter of creditability and you cannot afford to make any mistakes which could finished off your career.
Our body can only take that amount of stress and if it has exceed its limit, it will sent feelers to alert the body system. Just like when the amount of my sleep have reach its limit, my body will automatically wake up. When people realize and start to question the purpose of life, it signify the body and mind has enough of stress and we will need to let go. Change our habits and living style. We have better to act fast.
I told SL, this is the irony of life. The great Dalai Lama have question this irony of us chasing for money and after that use the money we earned to cure our body from sickness. It would be better to take care of our body and mind before it gets sick from over work or over stress. We lost our focus many times in our life journey. We do not know how to relax and enjoy the precious present moments. Our awareness have became dull from our pursue of material gains. The importance of adding more zeros behind our net worth is so important and even if can became excessive, we still pursue it as a sign of success and security. We believe we cannot fall sick from work and stress and we can live forever. When we have make enough, we will stop and enjoy but there is never enough and we continue to push our body and mind to work for us. So, we get sick.
This evening, I was told by my brother, Weng that he is feeling sick because of his blood sugar is too high. I went into the internet and check out what causes high blood sugar. Too much carbohydrates and lack of exercise. The body mechanism have started to break down as age catches up and his poor diet and lack of exercise. My brother, Weng is the least worried guy about money. He does not earn much and he does not spend much and he always tell us that he has no " battle with life". This is a Chinese figure of speech which means he is at peace and is not fighting for more wealth. He sleeps and a lot and never exercise much and eat too much rice. Yes, life is fair and there is a reason for every thing.
These two person ie SL and Weng is the two end of the extremes. One is working so hard and so stressful and another, so lax and "come what may" atttitude but both is heading for trouble in their health. Life is fair and if you do not take care of your body, you will get sick and don't beg on your luck. There are so many factors to good health and we have to find a balance and manage it well. I believe Buddha's concept of middle path is the right way. Away from both the extremes and find the level of good health. The middle line is different for different people and you will need to find it yourself. There is no one formula that suits all.
So, please start to find your health line within yourself and manage it well. Not too much stress, not too lazy and a good diet.
Namaste.
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