Axios: Trump turns on everyone (Downfall bunker scene taking place in the West Wing?)

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32. Trump is in Hell, a Hell of his own making

We Buddhists believe that when we die, the only thing that we take with us is our mind. An angry, hateful mind is likely to land someone in Hell in the next life, because that is what Hell is all about -- anger, hatred, cruelty, vengance, sadistic punishment, and great suffering for a very long time -- eons. Hell is not so much a physical place, as it is a mental state.

It would be so easy for Trump to pop out of his private Hell, by simply accepting reality and with good humor and decency walking away from his delusion that he is entitled to be POTUS forever. But noooo. He has spent a lifetime cultivating anger and hostility. It is an entrenched and unmindful mental habit. He has done noihing to train his mind to drop hatred and think about what might benefit others. He has done nothing to practice self-discipline to not speak angry words. And so, the karma of his anger and hatred ripens.

For me, Trump is a lesson in the importance of practicing loving kindness and self-discipline, rather than cultivating selfishness and anger. I almost feel sorry for him. Maybe when he is in prison, he will have the good fortune to hear advice from a wise and kind person. But I doubt that he is ready to hear and accept that he himself made his very own Hell.