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Zen and the anguish of change - as all our fears to conquer

Change is something must we all face and while throughout life deal. In Zen Buddhism, change in man and nature is all as in not only inevitable, but destabilizing. "We are born, we are aging, we are sick, we die." This very open words of Buddha are the irreversible laws of life and the universe. There are no exceptions. We are afraid of change because change the uncertainty is full. Because it breathing fear is, is at risk. So we tend to parentheses in the comfort of our plants, even if they no longer comply with and jibe with fact and reality even on costs of the health and even life. Fear of death move many of us are desperate to brackets youth itself, lost when the mirror reflected slump, grey hair and skin wrinkled. Recourse to cosmetic changes in the natural age only connections of self-deception. Resistance to change us, see the naked truth of life. A stance that moves difficult decisions as save for retirement and the long period of sickness or incapacity for work, exp...