2009-02-26 - 11:09 a.m.

Modern Nervousness

reading a book by Anne Harrington, "The Cure within. A History of Mind-body Medicine"

"Edison's electric light is now sufficiently advanced in an experimental direction to give us the best possible illustation of the effects of modern civilisation on the nervous system...when new functions are interposed in the circuit, as modern civilisation is constantly requriring us to do, there comes a period sooner or later, varying in different individuals, and at different times of life, when the amount of force is insufficient to keep all lamps actively burning; those that are weakest go out entirely, or as more frequently happens, burn faint and feebly - they do not expire, but give an insufficient and unstable light - this is the philosophy of modern nervousness." - Ibid

法华经明示：凡夫不断绝烦恼也能获得佛的菩提（悟得）。

精神如果一直保持着紧绷的状态，不懂得放松，将给自己的身体带来无穷的迫害。我虽然年级不是很大，但在成长的这些岁月里，对这一点有很深的体会。不时要提醒自己不能把所有的事情都看得很重。烦恼在佛界的人而言，并不是烦恼，而是悟达。可是，在一个境涯很低的凡人眼里，却是比天还大。

昨天雨后的彩虹你看见了吗？

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