The Art of Suffering Well
By Monica Gulati - Oct 15, 2022
At the present stage of human evolution, somehow the way we are, we do suffer, before we can transcend the suffering and let go of the need for suffering in order to grow and expand in our consciousness. While the suffering is manifesting itself, I have a choice. While the ground beneath me is ripped apart from as I had known it, I have a choice. I have a choice to use the suffering well, or to let it push me into plunges of darkness with no sight of light. I have a choice to let go of my stubbornness to be obsessed by the limited sense of self, or to connect deeply with my suffering, to embrace it, and hence embrace the suffering of the whole of existence. What I choose, decides what transpires from the raw material of the seeming suffering.
A solution to man’s torment
By The Mother - Jan 15, 2011
It is obvious that what especially characterises man is this mental capacity of watching himself live. The animal lives spontaneously, automatically, and if it watches itself live, it must be to a very minute and insignificant degree, and that is why it is peaceful and does not worry. Even if an animal is suffering because of an accident or an illness, this suffering is reduced to a minimum by the fact that it does not observe it, does not project it in its consciousness and into the future, does not imagine things about its illness or its accident.