Most people will ask you and try to pinpoint the cause of cancer. Sadly, this world is a contradiction, even we as a human being is contradicting, we ask question that sometimes have no answer to it or doesn't benefit our current situation.
The Buddha once explains:
"It's just as if a man were wounded with an arrow thickly smeared with poison. His friends & companions, kinsmen & relatives would provide him with a surgeon, and the man would say, 'I won't have this arrow removed until I know whether the man who wounded me was a noble warrior, a priest, a merchant, or a worker.' He would say, 'I won't have this arrow removed until I know the given name & clan name of the man who wounded me... until I know whether he was tall, medium, or short... until I know whether he was dark, ruddy-brown, or golden-colored... until I know his home village, town, or city... until I know whether the bow with which I was wounded was a long bow or a crossbow... until I know whether the bowstring with which I was wounded was fiber, bamboo threads, sinew, hemp, or bark... until I know whether the shaft with which I was wounded was wild or cultivated... until I know whether the feathers of the shaft with which I was wounded were those of a vulture, a stork, a hawk, a peacock, or another bird... until I know whether the shaft with which I was wounded was bound with the sinew of an ox, a water buffalo, a langur, or a monkey.' He would say, 'I won't have this arrow removed until I know whether the shaft with which I was wounded was that of a common arrow, a curved arrow, a barbed, a calf-toothed, or an oleander arrow.'
The man would die and those things would still remain unknown to him."
— Cula-Malunkyovada Sutta: The Shorter Instructions to Malunkya" (MN 63), Majjhima Nikaya
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Even though my grandma died of brain cancer and my 5 years of being a vegetarian might not justify as healthy eating cause I love sweet stuff, sue me I'm half Thai, 5555!
However, if we stop asking all the irrelevant questions, this might be an opportunity to learn about life and how to live differently and hopefully more meaningfully. This might likely help in our recovery. If I know the cause of cancer, I would have bet on TOTO, and strike millions, which most likely not possible as I have never won anything in my life.
So what happens? Shit happens, and I'm determined to convert the shit into fertilizer and add as a nutrient to people around me.
The Buddha once explains:
"It's just as if a man were wounded with an arrow thickly smeared with poison. His friends & companions, kinsmen & relatives would provide him with a surgeon, and the man would say, 'I won't have this arrow removed until I know whether the man who wounded me was a noble warrior, a priest, a merchant, or a worker.' He would say, 'I won't have this arrow removed until I know the given name & clan name of the man who wounded me... until I know whether he was tall, medium, or short... until I know whether he was dark, ruddy-brown, or golden-colored... until I know his home village, town, or city... until I know whether the bow with which I was wounded was a long bow or a crossbow... until I know whether the bowstring with which I was wounded was fiber, bamboo threads, sinew, hemp, or bark... until I know whether the shaft with which I was wounded was wild or cultivated... until I know whether the feathers of the shaft with which I was wounded were those of a vulture, a stork, a hawk, a peacock, or another bird... until I know whether the shaft with which I was wounded was bound with the sinew of an ox, a water buffalo, a langur, or a monkey.' He would say, 'I won't have this arrow removed until I know whether the shaft with which I was wounded was that of a common arrow, a curved arrow, a barbed, a calf-toothed, or an oleander arrow.'
The man would die and those things would still remain unknown to him."
— Cula-Malunkyovada Sutta: The Shorter Instructions to Malunkya" (MN 63), Majjhima Nikaya
;
Even though my grandma died of brain cancer and my 5 years of being a vegetarian might not justify as healthy eating cause I love sweet stuff, sue me I'm half Thai, 5555!
However, if we stop asking all the irrelevant questions, this might be an opportunity to learn about life and how to live differently and hopefully more meaningfully. This might likely help in our recovery. If I know the cause of cancer, I would have bet on TOTO, and strike millions, which most likely not possible as I have never won anything in my life.
So what happens? Shit happens, and I'm determined to convert the shit into fertilizer and add as a nutrient to people around me.
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