Suffering is a great teacher and it is universal for all of us. We are condemned to watch everything around us descend into chaos and uncertainty, yet creation follows destruction, cyclically. Our suffering makes us stronger once we can observe it without relentless attachment. Then we can better help others, without being in a constant state of mental agitation - which I begin to find myself in if I miss a few days of meditation.
That is not to say we should be apathetic. Our inaction leads to a world we do not want to live in coming into being. We can will the reality and the world we want, into existence, through our everyday actions.
I enjoyed reading that – thank you.
With realisation, the ego can retire and eventually fade away naturally.
Change is constant.
Hopefully, insight and compassion will be our companions as we experience reality. .
Suffering is a great teacher and it is universal for all of us. We are condemned to watch everything around us descend into chaos and uncertainty, yet creation follows destruction, cyclically. Our suffering makes us stronger once we can observe it without relentless attachment. Then we can better help others, without being in a constant state of mental agitation - which I begin to find myself in if I miss a few days of meditation.
That is not to say we should be apathetic. Our inaction leads to a world we do not want to live in coming into being. We can will the reality and the world we want, into existence, through our everyday actions.
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The Stoics urged much the same attitude, part of the perennial wisdom that finds its way across many cultures.
Valid points, why resist when nature will take its course anyway. As Martin Luther suggested, Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also.