06-03-2024, 02:46 PM
(06-03-2024, 01:49 PM)FlyersFan Wrote: All I know is that suffering seems to permeate everything. Everything about life seems to be us trying to avoid suffering of some kind. I thought the words of the fictional character were pretty accurate. (I say fictional ... but many in that part of the world believe that she was real).
Oh, please forgive me!
In my ignorance I assumed the character was only a conceptual creation. I'm not really familiar with the show or its content. I would never intend to diminish a character of seminal cultural significance. That’s not my nature.
Yes, it can be that suffering is humanity’s longest companion. I know some have claimed to master it, or designate is as some kind of 'virtue,' but my experience with it tells me my own story, just as your does to you. I think that's what makes suffering so difficult to define.
We tend often to assume that we mean the same thing, just because we're using the same word... but I have found that it is frequently not the case. We all have a central arbiter within us, it says what it means... not what others think. Many times those definitions are different enough to cause real disconnects... which in and of itself is just one way in which we suffer. /irony
