We have all heard the phrase ‘one man’s meat is another man’s poison’ but Buddhism goes one step further, actively encouraging people to turn poison into medicine….
I was recently listening to a man who was describing an aspect of his personality which he felt was negative and the cause of suffering for himself and conflict with others.
He said he was very quick to sense something in other people he did not like, and found himself in confrontational situations as a result of interpreting others’ body language and non-verbal signals as threatening – often before the other person was aware they were doing it.
“What a tremendous skill to have such perception’, commented another, “I wish I had that ability!”
