Peace

Ajahn MahaSutimon said that whenever we are confronted with problems, we must NOT respond with "Ego" but with wisdom.
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The reason we get angry and upset is because of the big "I" that we create. We are upset because someone encroached into "MY SPACE", we get angry because someone said something which hurt my EGO, which diminished my STANDING, which hurt my PRIDE. .... notice the many "MY"s .

Notice the many references to Standing, reputation, Ego, etc. That's why expensive cars, watches, shirts, houses all sell so well ..... BECAUSE they pamper this "I", this EGO, this STANDING! That's why glossy advertisements with beautiful girls promoting luxurious cars, bags, jewellery are all over our papers and magazines while an article on Dhamma will get barely a glanze.

Very few have a little dust in their eyes.

Even less are interested in the Noble Truths.

Even far less are those interested in a simple life of few wants and needs. Do we really understand what happiness is.... and what peace means?

" For the one who has no inner, angry thoughts,
Who has gone past being a someone, a this or a that,
That one is free from fear and is blissful.
Even the gods cannot win such serenity."

-Udana