To: K-list
Recieved: 2000/06/21 10:52
Subject: Re: [K-list] health
From: David Bozzi
On 2000/06/21 10:52, David Bozzi posted thus to the K-list:
DodopATnospamaol.com wrote:
> No, but I am worried about you. If you were my own dear child, I would urge
> you to have health insurance.
Thank you. I do appreciate where you are coming from. I suppose all I can say is that you
are not in my shoes and I am not in yours...
> I am a Buddhist. The first noble truth in Buddhism is that life is
> suffering.
> This doesn't mean that life is only suffering, but rather that
> suffering is inherent in human existence. Suffering doesn't mean that God
> doesn't love you. Indeed, suffering is the medium for the growth of your
> soul.
Pain is inherent in the human experience but to the extent that it is cultivated and maintained
to the point where it becomes endless suffering is completely optional.
> Believing in God and loving God is not enough to prevent sickness, old age
> and death. What happens when you get old, sick or die? Do you think that
> God has let you down?
No, of course not. Getting old, learning from sickness and the release from the dream of
death is all most beautiful. (as are you).
> I don't. Rather, these things are inevitable.
And thank god. So why fight it?
> Anything that you can do to
> lessen the burden of these experiences on others (such as by buying health
> insurance) should be done if you are a kind and responsible person.
Experience teaches me that to buy into the machinery of fear is to sustain it.
Again, I have no view to sell,
but my perspective can not be bought anyhow.
Blessings
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