From Prince to Peasant to Buddha
An obvious example of how to move from anger to abundance in the spiritual area of life is to look at the Buddha’s life.
Whether or not you agree with Buddhist philosophy doesn’t matter. This
story is simply an example of moving from anger to abundance in the
spiritual area of life. I’m using an example, not trying to convert you
to a religion.
The Buddha was born into a life of luxury as a prince who was heir to
the throne. He was kept isolated from seeing the sickness, old age, and
death happening in the world outside of his palace.
When he snuck out of the palace into the streets of the village he saw
sickness, old age and death for the first time. He was astounded.
More importantly, he was angry. He was angry because his father had
sheltered him away from the reality of life. His father never let him
leave the palace because he didn’t want him to see how the villagers
lived. He felt that he had been lied to.
He was so angry that he left the palace, his wife, his son, riches,
security and the opportunity to become a king. He was inspired enough
to change—drastically. He moved into autonomy and changed the
circumstances of his life.
He didn’t sit around wondering if and when he would understand
suffering. He went out to meet suffering and try to understand it
through experience.
He became poverty stricken and experienced sickness himself while
wandering in search of the meaning to why there is suffering in the
world. He studied and practiced different spiritual practices to reach
his goal of understanding suffering.
Through trial and error he realized that none of the paths he was following were bringing him the results he wanted.
As he moved into the third stage toward abundance in the spiritual area of life he
experienced achievement. He sat down beneath the Bodhi tree and
resolved not to leave until he attained enlightenment. Eventually he
did just that and he created abundance in his spiritual life.
This abundance was reflected in teachings he gave to others which assisted them on their own spiritual paths.
He taught others what he called the Four Noble Truths: The first Noble
Truth is that suffering is a part of life. The second Noble Truth is
that suffering is caused by our desires. The third Noble Truth is that
by eliminating our desires we eliminate suffering. The fourth Noble Truth is that by following the “middle way” instead of
being controlled by extreme desires we can eliminate suffering.
I’m not saying you need to do anything the Buddha did. The point here is to give
you an example that is helpful to you in creating your own personal goals from anger
to abundance in your spiritual life.
How amazing would it be for you to create abundance in your spiritual life that would
continue to contribute to people thousands of years after your death?
It may be helpful to simply focus on what an abundant spiritual life
looks like for you and then work backwards from abundance to anger to
create your goals.
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