Tag: Suffering and Joy
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The Wound of Time –4: The Joy Beyond Time — Freedom from Progress and Regret
We are taught to see joy as something rare, fleeting, or earned. It comes, we are told, when things go well — when the work pays off, the path becomes clear, the healing takes hold. Joy is imagined as a moment at the far end of progress, the prize after suffering, the reward of time’s…
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Suffering & Joy 3: The Paradox of Suffering and Relief
Suffering, like all experiences, is an eternal appearing within Being. It is not an accident to be eliminated but a necessary expression of the structure of reality. Yet, within this structure, the alleviation of suffering also appears to be effective—one takes a painkiller, and the pain subsides. One develops technology, and previously unbearable conditions become…
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Suffering & Joy 2: The Tragic Pursuit of a World Without Suffering
Humanity has always sought to escape suffering. From personal struggles to grand ideological movements, the drive to eliminate pain, contradiction, and hardship has shaped history. Yet these efforts, particularly when undertaken on a grand scale, have not only failed but often resulted in greater suffering. Why? Because suffering is not a flaw in existence but…
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Understanding the Structure of Being – 9
The Fear of Necessity: Is Suffering Eternal? The recognition of necessity—the understanding that all that is must be eternally—brings with it a question that has haunted human thought for millennia: if nothing can cease to be, does this mean that suffering, too, is eternal? This fear has been a major obstacle to embracing the eternal…
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