Random thoughts, chasing delusions, and following delusions are things that everyone often does and likes to do. Everyone is deeply harmed by them, but most people cannot realize the harm of delusions due to the lack of wisdom to understand delusions.
So what kind of harm does delusion have? This article mainly briefly discusses the harm of delusion and its operating mechanism, and then finds ways to deal with delusion.
Delusions can induce people to commit self-harm and even lead to death. Its core is to manipulate people’s cognition and emotions, connect irrelevant things, and ultimately achieve the purpose of self-destruction.
So how should we identify and deal with delusions? The main thing is to improve wisdom, maintain the importance of connection with Buddhism, practice right view, treat others and yourself with kindness and compassion, and thus get rid of the control of delusions.
The following briefly discusses the harm of delusions, the operating mechanism of delusions, and ways to deal with delusions from three aspects.
1. The harmfulness of delusions:
The ultimate goal of delusion is to lead people to self-destruction and hell: it will induce people to have the idea of self-harm and even commit suicide, and suicide will lead to hell.
Delusions can ruin lives: they can make people lose their minds and do irrational things, such as quarreling with family members and smashing TVs. They can also ruin people’s careers, studies and family lives.
Delusions can make people stubborn: they can make people not listen to other people’s advice and even cause conflicts with others.
Delusions are also deceptive: they can make up seemingly reasonable stories to make people believe them and follow them. They can also use people’s emotions, such as greed and fear, to control people’s behavior.
Delusions are invisible and intangible: although they have no entity, they can have a huge impact on people because people like and are used to being controlled by this invisible and intangible scourge.
2. How delusions work:
Delusions can make up stories: these stories may have nothing to do with reality, but they can make people believe them.
Delusions can use past experiences: for example, TV dramas watched when you were a child, or stories you have heard, to make up new situations.
Delusions can label things: they label things as “good” or “bad”, and these labels affect people’s judgment and actions.
Delusions can use emotions: they use people’s greed, fear, anger and other emotions to control people’s behavior.
Delusion or deluded thought is closely related to oneself: it is oneself, and it is the product of oneself in a state of ignorance, evil view and ignorance.
3. Ways to deal with delusion:
Understand the nature of delusion: fully realize the destructiveness of delusion and know that it will lure people to self-destruction.
Don’t follow delusion: be determined not to follow delusion and don’t let it control your behavior. When delusion appears, be alert immediately and don’t let it continue to develop.
Stay aware: always stay aware, know what you are thinking, and discover the emergence of delusion in time.
Connect with Buddhas and Bodhisattvas: often worship Buddha and chant Buddha’s name, and establish a connection with Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, so that when delusion appears, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas can help you in time.
Use external forces: When delusion is strong, use external forces to interrupt it, such as mosquito bites or talking to others.
Practice right view: Practice right view, use wisdom to distinguish right from wrong, and don’t be confused by delusion.
Change labels: Change the labels you put on things, such as changing “fear of others getting good” to “fear of others getting afflicted”.
Treat everyone with kindness and compassion: Treat everyone with compassion, help others, instead of fearing others getting good.
Be grateful for interruptions: Be grateful for those people ,things or objects who have interrupted your delusion, including mosquitoes.
In summary, the harm of delusion is huge and terrible, and its operation is varied, multifaceted, and cunning, but our way of dealing with delusion is also wise and effective.
I deeply pray that everyone and all sentient beings can use wisdom as soon as possible, use methods to deal with delusions, get rid of the influence and control of delusion demons as soon as possible, study, work, live and practice freely and unhinderedly, and get rid of suffering and gain happiness!