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Buddhism

Before I went to see the Lama I looked for some information about Buddhism. Strangely enough it doesn't seem to be a 'static' religion, what I mean is that it seems to change according to different 'sects' with varying beliefs. The basic idea is, as "Earl" put it (My Name is Earl) 'Do good things and good things happen'.
This certainly is a good philosophy. It has been long proved that being positive can produce excellent results; Dale Carnegie’s best selling book “How to Win Friends and Influence People” stressed that being positive was a definite winner. People like positive people. If you are negative, people will cross over the other side of the road to avoid you!
They believe that we have the power to change our lives.
Another golden rule is not to harm any living thing, whether animal, mineral or vegetable. (I had a list I can’t seem to find now!)
Meditation is also a must.
I still have questions though. The Lama said that where we came from doesn’t really matter, what matters is here and now, yes that is true to a point. There lies still another question, where are we going?
The Buddhists believe that life is a constant state; in the sense that after death we are reborn (the Lama preferred reborn to reincarnated) so death has no hold.
But then he said some prophets when they die, disperse in the cosmos.
That still leaves the big question. What is the point of it all? Why live, die and be reborn? And why hasn’t the entire world reached enlightenment yet?
There is such suffering in this world
The idea behind that is what exactly? Did these people misbehave? Were they not nice to each other? They are just normal people who want to live normal lives yet they cannot change their lives; their fate is out of their hands.
Sometimes life is just difficult for some people, they can’t seem to get on top. They can be nice and never harm a fly, they can be positive and march on, and life just keeps giving them the sh***y cards.
Environment, politics, class and much more from the ‘exterior’ play a huge part, it is not just the change within which counts. It is a narrow road.
(http://www.gaza-sderot.blogspot.com/ This Blog is from 2009 and an account of two young men, living on each side of the Middle Eastern conflict. Hard core, logged, uncensored 

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