Suffer
SUFFER = be made to undergo, endure; to be subjected to pain, death, punishment, grief, injury, humiliation
QUESTION: Are you aware that you suffer?
STORY: Every single human being is suffering in some way. Lack of money, loss of friends, health issues, family issues, difficult living conditions, painful injuries and lots more. What we all must do is learn how to use our suffering as a vitally important Teacher or a Spiritual Guide. We all are in the school of LIFE. What appears to us as a problem or difficulty is actually an opportunity to wake up to our INNATE Self, our Soul - which is Consciousness. Yes we have a physical body which appears to be separate from the world around us - but we ARE a SOUL - the elemental life force in all sentient beings. It is through the loving practice of using our suffering to develop and mature ourselves to BE the SOUL Life Force that in Truth we are. You can learn more about this practice in my WORK CHAMBER: https://www.drawingtogether.com/workcham
QUOTES
“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” ~ Khalil Gibran
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.” ~ Elisabeth Kubler Ross
“I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.” ~ Anne Frank
EXERCISE
STOP.
Sit quietly. Assume an erect posture.
Sense the breath.
Relax.
Bring to mind your experience with suffering as it is right now. Then shift to awakening to the SOUL within you that is guiding you to a new understanding.
Get your pen and paper and write words or draw lines expressing this suffering that evolves (with LOVE) into a whole new understanding. Move forward into your day feeling the LOVE of your INNATE Self.