The Buddha

“You are all Buddhas. There is nothing that you need to achieve. Just open your eyes.” This idea that we are all Buddhas goes along with the idea that God is inside each of us and is all around us. The second point that we do not need to achieve anything is another good point. Most of the time you only hear people complaining or saying things like they need this or that, when in reality they should just try and look at the bright side of their situations. If they concentrate on the good they will see the good and they will be able to find the good easier. We just need to open our eyes. Another good point that the Buddha brought up was not to follow blindly but by what you believe to be the best way for you. It is well known that if something is bad or dangerous we should do whatever is in our power to stay away from it. But if something is good we should continue to do it. This is easier said than done, just ask the people that smoke, do drugs, or drink. It may feel good when you are doing it, but does it feel good afterwards. It may lead to addiction or a sickness yet people continue to do it. Also people may not do what is good for them because it is harder. For example going to a late night party when you have a test in a 7 am class the next day, you should have probably gone to bed early. The Buddha also said that once we are done with something or once something has happened it is not good to continue to carry it with you, but to let it go. It has held its purpose and now it is done, you got everything you were going to get out of it already so just let it go, “…but that once he has arrived, it is proper to leave the raft behind and walk on without it. This is using the raft appropriately.