The Four Seasons of the Dysfunctional Mind
The four seasons of the dysfunctional mind: excited, lazy, busy, and depressed. Our suffering mind is like spring when we have a new project; tendrils of excitement shaking us, but becoming too strong, we tire ourselves out with our own excitement. The lazy summer mind knows what to do and stops making effort. We pick t he flowers of our previous efforts and watch life without trying very hard. Our mind experiences the dysfunctional busyness of fall thinking when gathering and preparing for hard times ahead combined with worry eroding our good mood. The winter of the depressed and dysfunctional mind drops below a minimum alert level. Deprived of alertness, other important systems begin to shut down as well. Digestion is sluggish with energy stagnation and will power becomes weakened. Cultivate a steady mind to avoid the diseases coming from the changeable nature of the mind that brings suffering due to emotional ups and downs. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Die vier Jahresze...