Guest guest Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 As long as there is *ability* to *feel*... there exists the *potential* for *Pain*! Not all Pain is bad or useless... Some of the great poetry [including spiritual ones], great paintings and other creations of beauty are born out of Pain! Some artists are known to purposely *revisit* their *root of pain*, in order to keep drawing inspiration from it! Most *artists* have greater *capacity* to *feel*... which translates into higher potential for *ecstasy* as well as *pain*! Most Serial Killers, torturers, Rapists, Child Molesters and other serial criminals have LESS capacity to *feel* and, in fact *suffer* quite LESS!!! .... However, much of the *pain* is simply a LESSON being taught and once that lesson is TRULY learnt, the need for that PAIN is gone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 But, there is a Small but, Very IMPORTANT distinction between the... Pain and Suffering: Suffering is the Pain that you endure *against* your Will! Suffering means... 'mental split'! Suffering means... Two [two... 'inside' you!]! As soon as the inner *resistance* and inner *non acceptance* of Pain is gone... pain might still remain... but, the suffering is Gone! The Bhakta [devotee] singing songs of [imagined] separation from *God* experiences the Pain and Grief of separation... but, doesn't really *suffer* because, his/her pain is his/her *will*! In fact, he/she rather finds DEEP Happiness underneath that Pain! ....and, many in fact, spent years *willfully* singing these songs of Pain! A poet that *willfully* *imagines* the *long past* death of a lover in order to write more songs... again experiences that *pain* and *grief* but, doesn't truly suffer! While the Pains are Plenty... Mental *resistance* to __What IS__ is the only real *suffering*! > [ NNB ] > > > > Nisargadatta , " Arvind " <adithya_comming@> > wrote: > > > > As long as there is *ability* to *feel*... > > > > there exists the *potential* for *Pain*! > > > > > > Not all Pain is bad or useless... > > > > Some of the great poetry [including spiritual ones], > > great paintings and other creations of beauty are > > born out of Pain! > > > > Some artists are known to purposely *revisit* > > their *root of pain*, in order to keep drawing > > inspiration from it! > > > > > > Most *artists* have greater *capacity* to *feel*... > > which translates into higher potential for *ecstasy* > > as well as *pain*! > > > > Most Serial Killers, torturers, Rapists, Child Molesters and > > other serial criminals have LESS capacity to *feel* > > and, in fact *suffer* quite LESS!!! > > > > > > ... > > > > However, much of the *pain* is simply a LESSON being > > taught and once that lesson is TRULY learnt, the need > > for that PAIN is gone! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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