We live a life time, and die, and live again. At least, that's what who believes in reincarnation, says. Life time is seemingly a long time, or is it?
I found a job in Jan 2005, the company went relocated to cheaper countries, and was out of job in Aug 2005. That's the life time of my first job. And its only eight months! Life time is simply the length of an object arising, changing, and dying. We live many life times in while we breath. Enough for us to taste joy, sadness, happiness, regret, success, and failure, over and over again.
As such, reincarnation is never too far away. We experience it all the time, but whether we knew it, is another matter. And so, I had many reincarnations, one of which is the arising of one work related project and its death, arising of another and its death. So much that its enough to be numb to what its all about.
I guess when we work, we all started with a blind enthusiasm, that everything seem perfect, that we got a good job, and all seem working towards success. Then comes the politics, obstacles, people factors, and down goes the effort. Then it happens and again. And we think its a bad company. We quit and found a new job. And the new job doesn't seem better.
In life, many things is so. I guess that's why Buddhism says life is suffering. But through suffering we grow. But we must be willing to grow to take advantage and make suffering worth.
So I guess reincarnation is not a bad thing. Its the arising and decaying of concepts, objects, and our life. Through it we see interdependence, and we become wiser. We should be thankful that life changes and we can learn from it.
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