..續本文上一頁ollapsing. In the same way, obsessive attachment, jealousy, arrogance and all of the negative emotions rob you of your lungta or the well being that is supported by your strength. So what brings us down to this low-level pathetic existence where we lose our self-respect to some extent

　　 I don”t think it”s the thoughts, although thoughts could be something that we blame to be the problem, just like we could blame outside issues beyond our thoughts to be the problem.

　　Outside Issues and Lenchak

　　We could think that issues or problems outside of us cause our suffering, but they are not the cause, because our emotions about issues can change even when the issues themselves remain in our lives. For instance, we often blame our financial situation to the cause of our depression. Yes, maybe that is true to some extent, when you go in the direction of thinking that way and have a strong belief in that.

　　On the other hand, we see many people who live a very low budget lifestyle, but also have high lungta and an incredible sense of inheriting the whole world as their court, so finances as an example of an outside circumstances cannot be a cause by itself. Actually most practitioners of the past lived in this manner, as many decent non-practitioners have also lived this way as well, for instance Gandhi liberated India despite having a messy domestic financial situation. We could also find similar examples of people in America and Europe who didn”t necessarily have the whole financial set-up that we think will be such a savior of our lungta and dignity.

　　So we make assertions that different issues eat up our peace, stir the pain inside our hearts, make our lives miserable and make us collapse into a pathetic existence. But rather than blame the outside world or circumstance, blame your lenchak!

　　Lenchak to Ideologies: Cinderella and the Savior of the World

　　I feel that it”s ironic and a cover-up to believe that you could be happy with the world when you are not happy with yourself, and the reason that you aren”t happy with yourself has a lot to do with your lenchak to ideologies. For example, if asked, “why are you so unhappy with yourself

　　”, you could come up with thousands of ideas of why you should be unhappy, and these ideas come from your lenchak to ideologies. However, ideologies in themselves do not oppress you, what oppresses you is your lenchak to the ideologies.

　　There are ideologies that have standards other than what you truly need to be happy with yourself, such as just a good sense of well-being, decency and lungta. For example, the “Cinderella ideology” causes so much pain for women. The idea that a “wicked witch” or some other person is trapping you in a cell, making you work hard, and depriving you of the good life and all the pleasures, which are so much a part of your inheritance rights.

　　On the other hand for men, there is the idea that you are entitled to be a glorious leader, a savior of the world and possessor of the throne, but somehow due to a lack of certain circumstances, which you blame, you are reduced to a small pathetic existence.

　　Although you manage your life well – you get around, do things and exchange ideas with others about what you are doing with your life - still deep in the back of your mind, you have this emotional issue about yourself. You have these thoughts of somehow being special, and that you are not living life to the full potential of your uniqueness. This emotional way of being has only to do with your self-importance. Hence you endure so much pain that you don”t need to endure.

　　You could be happy with yourself if you simply created some room to let go of this lenchak to yourself, rather than needing to be recognized as a great savior of the world or as Cinderella released from her cell and al…

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