Buddha has said: “For those who do not understand I have deserved methods. For those who understand, I have given them understanding. There the matter ends.” This is almost like the case of hundreds of people who visit the psychologists. They have no illness but suffer from the illusion that they are ill; and this makes them more ill then those who are genuinely ill. So they have to be treated. And what is the treatment? What do Freud and Jung do? Nothing, expect they help the patient to recount his illness and in the course of this talk, if the patient develops understanding, he manages to step out of his illness; if not he remains within his hallucinations.
The problem of life is not a veritable problem of illness. It is a problem of a pseudo- illness. Therefore, Lao Tzu does not talk of remedies. He says, “Be without help -- without resources -- that is the only remedy. Known, understand and be settled -- this is the only way.”
The problem of life is not a veritable problem of illness. It is a problem of a pseudo- illness. Therefore, Lao Tzu does not talk of remedies. He says, “Be without help -- without resources -- that is the only remedy. Known, understand and be settled -- this is the only way.”
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