hasunoha

To die is to live.

Last year I gave birth to my third child at age 30.
A few months have passed since then...
Even though I'm supposed to be happy, I think about death every day and it becomes painful.

“We're all laughing now, but someday our eternal farewell will come”
“When I die, my husband, my kids, and all my fun memories will disappear.”
“I wonder if the time will come when children will suffer with a fear of death like me”
“Why were they born even though they will die someday?”
It's always in my head, and it makes me sad when I see the innocent faces of my husband and children.

How can we continue to live positively from now on?
Originally, I had panic disorder, and since a few years ago, I went to psychosomatic medicine regularly, so when I talked about it, they couldn't even listen to me, and I was just given a large amount of medicine.
(I'm breastfeeding, so I'm not taking medicine)
Am I crazy?
Or is it just that they are unstable after giving birth?
I didn't talk to anyone, and I didn't even know what to do, so I was able to consult with them here.

4 Zen Responses

After all, it's my personal opinion...

Mai-chan. You've given birth to as many as 3 children, and you're doing your best to raise them.
It's great.

In Buddhism, it is called the Rikudo Reincarnation, and it is said that if you don't learn something that has life, you will be reincarnated and die, and go around the six paths.
So death is not the end.
Not everything is going away.

I also gave birth to a child, and when my child was born and I couldn't remember, I asked my child this question.

“Where was 00-chan before she was born?”

The child pointed upwards with his finger without hesitation.

So what were you doing? When I hear

“I've been waiting for 00-chan to be born to mom and dad.”

They answered.
After that, months and days passed, and since I was able to speak fluently instead of in a nutshell, I asked the same question one more time, but I couldn't answer it at that time.

If I had to say children's nonsense, that's all, but I believed children's words.
Humans, no, are living things, and everything in the universe is living in a big flow.
It is being kept alive in the life of the Buddha.

I'm convinced that death doesn't mean everything will go away.

Why don't you try studying Buddhism?
There are various denominations, but in order to find the denomination that suits you best
It might be a good idea to visit a temple or read a book.

Also, after delivery, it's called maternity blues due to rapid changes in hormones
It is said that it is easy to lose one's mental balance.

If you continue to be in a situation where you think it's too painful, please consult with your gynecologist first.
(Gynecology comes before psychosomatic medicine)

Well, please take good care of yourself.

The Buddha clearly explains the meaning of life.

Sometimes people feel empty in their lives.
That's because I don't understand the meaning of life, I don't know why.
“Why are people born and what happens when they die”
There is absolutely no answer with human wisdom.
There are lots of cool sayings in the world, but all of them are just human wisdom.
It's an adage based on delusions, hopes, and moral observations.

There is no choice but to ask the Buddha who knows the truth about life.
That is Buddha. This is a sutra taught by the Buddha.

The Buddha tells us that our lives are reincarnated.
Also, they say that reincarnation is creating life in the next world by doing now (work).
This is called “self-earned.”

The reason people are born is a result of actions in previous lives.
If you keep the Five Commandments, you can be born a human in the next life.
So being born a human now is the result of a previous life keeping the Five Commandments.
I mean, “I was born a human being as a result of my precious deeds in previous lives.”
Being born as a human is a rare, small chance, and it's amazing.

Also, once you are born a human, you have a great chance to “become a Buddha.”

Humans will die one day.
Dying means the beginning of the next life.
If the next life were a Buddha, I would never be so happy.
Conversely, if that next life is hell, then your current life is empty no matter how happy you are.

By all means, let's listen to the teachings of becoming a Buddha with this life.

I'm scared too

Mai-chan
Nice to meet you, my name is Tetsuya Urakami from Nagomi-an.
Thank you for your support.

Like Mai-san, I often think about death and get scared. From the standpoint of being a monk, I often stand at funerals, and each time I think “what kind of end will I have,” and I get scared.
But I also think we shouldn't just be afraid just because it's a sad farewell that always comes.

Buddhism explains that “all acts are impermanent,” that is, everything changes and eventually perishes. Seeing only this part, it seems that clergymen of other religions understood that “Buddhism is an episodic, pessimistic teaching.”
But that's wrong. I think Buddhism is a teaching that teaches that people always keep an eye on death, look straight ahead, and live completely burned until that time eventually comes.

I am doing a workshop called a “death experience trip” to virtually experience one's own death, and many of the people who took the course came up with positive thoughts. “Thinking about death,” which seems negative at first glance, may actually be necessary in order to live better.
If that's the case, I don't think it's a waste for Mai to think about death now.

The hardships of raising children and a sense of instability after delivery have overlapped, and it may be the current situation. It is said that they were given a lot of medicine in psychosomatic medicine, but I don't think it's good to take too much medicine. Why don't you talk to other doctors?

The future is something that hasn't come yet

don't read the word future hopefully or pessimistically
Let's discuss it directly as it is.
❝ What is the future ❞
It hasn't come yet
Things that haven't come yet
Things that haven't come yet
The fact that I'm not even mad
It's something that doesn't even happen before you know it.
What you're dealing with isn't the reality that actually happened, at least, right?
First of all, if you don't vigorously affirm this hard to affirm, the cloud of delusion won't go away.
“Eh, but isn't it coming sometime?”
It's fine. That↑, that thought isn't actually happening in real time right now, is it?
When humans are dealing with something that is not real, it is ❝ certain ❞ that they are dealing with thoughts.
I'm definitely dealing with my feelings.
So, people living with reality don't have problems like you.
When you were dealing with reality, you probably survived right in front of you and didn't even have room to get lost.
Let's recognize that 99% of what humans fear is something that doesn't actually happen in our heads.
I want you to wake up to the fact that what you are dealing with is not real, but that you are dealing with Maboroshi in your own thoughts.
I have a wife and a wife, and I don't know who will say goodbye first.
Even if my wife and daughter die first, I will continue to live as my own.
This is because others, my family, my body, and the world itself
This is because I work as a way of being completely unrelated to my own wishes and thoughts.
Of course it would be difficult if that happened.
But I think they're just afraid of that pain even before it becomes painful.
Today, too, there are many people all over the country who come to see, reunite, and pray at temples in the same way as deceased people and living people, rather than to mourn those who have come before them to make memorial services.
Death is not the end.
There are many people who are continuing properly and are living a healthy life, so don't worry.
Without it, everyone would go after their loved ones.
Giving up and revealing means understanding the truth.
Let's get out of the world of fear created by ourselves in the world of thoughts and live in a world where it's safe.