Why are we depressed ?
Silly Man,
You are a great thought ful guy, I read most of your posts with interests. Ups and downs are part of life so don't get upset .In fact all of us must be feeling some kind of depression ( Not to mention our great friend PCee) .
I read some thoughts on why we get depressed (In Indian magazine on Ayurveda called "Nirog Dham" ), I really liked them, thought let me share with you. Hope this will help us all understand reason for our recent depression.I found theses lines applicable in all faces of life.
"When we start or think of starting any initiative ,we start with prospects of better tomorrow. In this stage we are more calculative and balanced. This is first stage.
Depending upon need/benefits of new initiative we start thinking about that more frequently, continuously. If the endeavour is taking some time to complete , In our excitement We start visualizing the benefits .In our thoughts we start placing our
selves in place where we already started reaping the benefits.
This is second stage and in this stage we think that what we are thinking or visualizing is OK and we very much enjoy Second stage.
The Third stage is the stage when the second stage is fully matured. Our thoughts and visualization have put us in a place where we are denial of the fact that what we are visualizing is actually not happening. World around us have not given us what is in our minds. This is the stage where depression occurs and our behaviour start changing. We get irritated very soon and get aggravated on small things. and all sort of problems."
The Cure : as per nirog dham (It is in Hindi)
" Man Ke Vikar Man Ke Vicharo Se Hi Door Honge"
Sick thoughts of mind will go only with Good thoughts of Mind.
Prevention : Don't Let stage 2 get matured or don't enjoy stage 2 thought more than a reasonable limit.
Hope this will help.
RS