#why suffering

[camary1996]

Kansas City Chiefs Parade Shooting – Why?

Isaiah 43:2 When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk

[zaruba-needslove]

FINALLY!!!!!!!!

[angiepangie486]

I feel upset and I'm to sure why, will i cry myself to sleep about while over thinking about it, you betcha

[i-miss-my-90gb]

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[seedsofwisdom]

Q: Osho, Is it that there are only two alternatives before man – a life of abiding sorrow and suffering or one of divinity and bliss – and this choice lies with him? How is it that most have chosen the path of sorrow and suffering? Osho: It is a very significant question, but very delicate also. The first thing to be understood is that life is very paradoxical, and because of that many things happen. These are the two alternatives: either man can be in heaven or hell. And there is no third possibility. Either you can be in deep suffering, or you can be without suffering and in deep bliss. These are the only two possibilities, two openings, two doors, two modes of being. Then the question necessarily arises why man chooses to be in suffering. Man never chooses to be in suffering, man always chooses to be in bliss – and there comes the paradox. If you choose to be in bliss, you will be in suffering, because to be in bliss means to be choiceless. This is the problem. If you choose to be in bliss you will be in suffering. If you don’t choose, if you simply remain a witness, non-choosing, you will be in bliss. So it is not a question of choosing between bliss and suffering; deep down it is a question of choosing between choosing and non-choosing. Why does it happen that whenever you choose you are in suffering? – because choice divides life: something has to be cut and thrown away. You don’t accept the total. You accept something in it and you deny something, that’s what choice means. And life is a totality. If you choose something and deny something, that which you deny will come to you, because life cannot be divided. And that which you deny, just because you deny it, becomes a powerful thing over you. You really become afraid of it. Nothing can be denied. You can only close your eyes to it. You can only escape. You can become inattentive towards it, but it is always there hidden, waiting for the moment to assert. So if you deny suffering – if you say you are not going to choose suffering – then in a subtle you have chosen it. Now it will always be around you. One thing. Life is totality – the first thing; and life is change – the second thing. These are basic truths. You cannot divide life. Secondly: nothing is stagnant, and nothing can be. So when you say, “I am not going to suffer. I am going to choose a blissful mode of living,” you will cling to happiness. And whenever you cling to something, you want it, you hope it to be permanent. And nothing can be permanent in life. Life is a flux. So when you cling to happiness, you are again creating suffering, because this happiness will pass away; nothing can remain. It is a river, and the moment you cling to a river, you are creating a situation in which you will be frustrated, because the river will move. Sooner or later you will find that the river has gone far away. It is not now with you: your hands are empty and your heart is frustrated.

Osho The Book of Secrets, Chapter 64

[kslakilan]

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rgs/anne-XI.html

Why suffering?

Trying to blend

[kslakilan]

"naan natathum roja indrae pookanum."

konjum mainakaley, konjum mainakaley song from Kanduknonden,Kandukonden

Why suffering?

Expectation, Not understanding Process

[kslakilan]

“Don’t take things personally. Many times the response (that you noticed in Habit 2) is to take things personally. If someone does something we don’t like, often we tend to interpret this as a personal affront. Our kids don’t clean their rooms? They are defying us! Our spouse doesn’t show affection today? He/she must not care as much as he/she should! Someone acts rudely at work? How could they treat us this way?! Some people even think the universe is personally against them. But the truth is, it’s not personal — it’s the other person’s issue that they’re dealing with. They are doing the best they can. You can learn not to interpret events as a personal affront, and instead see it as some non-personal external event (like a leaf falling, a bird flying by) that you can either respond to without a stressful mindset, or not need to respond to at all.”

http://zenhabits.net/calm/

Why suffering ? Taking it personally