LAW OF THREE (63)
TRANSFORMING SUFFERING
"If thou hadst known how to
suffer thou wouldst have been able not to suffer. Learn thou to
suffer and thou shall be able not to suffer." Apocryphal
Gospel of St. John.
"Love your
enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully
use you and that persecute you." Sermon
of the Mount. Matthew 5:44
The above quotations
challenge our attitude to the obstacles we encounter in life. They suggest we need to welcome them. Without enemies we cannot grow.
"We are always fighting the
negative part of us, and therefore we cannot grow. The one who
rejects is the ego who feeds on rejection" J.G.
Bennett
"In no
way can we eliminate the second or negative force: life would loose
interest if anything we wanted were instantaneously produced without
any effort from our part to overcome resistance.
P.D.
Ouspensky
"Suffering is never an end in
itself, but a stepping stone to transformation. In this view it may
be the necessary step to force us to let go of what we overtly depend
on (ego) for the fulfilment of our idea of happiness."
Thomas Keating
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