What Would Gautama Buddha Say?
Gautama Buddha (563 BCE to 483 BCE) might wonder why on earth we’d want to be thinner! At that time to be sturdily built was an indication of wealth, beauty and wellbeing. A larger girth indicated resistance against disease. Today, in a relatively well off country we fret over an extra pound or two, many of us feeling despair in the silence of judgment. If Gautama Buddha were living today what would he have to share with us? Gautama Buddha, even as a young boy was aware of great suffering. He dedicated his entire life (~80yrs) to learning the workings of the mind through scientific experimentation. Eventually he teaches people how to purify the mind and to experience the ultimate in happiness. Gautama was often found sitting under the bodhi tree, quietly in the open air, experimenting; observing the reactions going on within his own body. While quiet, he comes to observe several things, related to his own mind. 1. He notices “thousands” of thoughts coming up; random, scattered and ofte
