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When confronted with our problems, we tend to be impatient and want to get rid of them as quickly as possible, by almost any means. Many people are convinced that anything that helps must be good. Is that really true?

Modern medication can make our headaches vanish in no time at all. But is that really a good thing, if we do not bother to check out the root cause? A quick fix usually disappears as fast as it arrived and leaves us out in the cold without having provided a lasting solution to our problem.

The truth is that we would much rather use all kinds of aids and implements than actually look at the root cause of the problem and find a solution. We do this because it is nicer and more convenient for our ego. It is a fact that we can only solve a problem once and for all by adjusting our consciousness and our behaviour. If we want to solve our problems, we need to amend and ennoble our thoughts, actions, opinions, moods and wishes.

We simply need to realize that we ourselves are the root cause of our problems, even when it appears that they are thrust upon us from the outside. The more egoistic we are, the greater our problems are. We only end up with difficulties in areas where we act unkindly, superficially, carelessly – in other words, egoistically.

Of course there is nothing wrong with using whatever help is available to us. But this does not provide a lasting solution. It can never be a substitute for adjusting our consciousness and behaviour. “Quick-fix” aids do just that – they provide fast, short-term relief, but they are not a solution to our problems. This is why a smart person does not rely on aids and implements for quick relief, but tries to find the root of the problem and deal with that. Successfully adjusting our behaviour is only possible when we liberate our consciousness from our ego.