By Paulo Coelho
Suffering,
if confronted without fear,
is the great passport to freedom.
(Eleven Minutes)
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Suffering is one of the ways life opens our hearts. And I believe we each have our portion of fear to conquer or overcome in our lives. In our hearts we can find courage. When we choose to act with courage, we can walk thru fear and watch it disappear. Fearlessness can grow in us. For me, being fearless is a way of being free.
These words…..
remind me also of…
“My heart is affraid of suffering.
Tell him that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself, and that no heart has suffered when it went in search for its dreams, because every moment of searching is the moment of encounter with God.”
Alchemist
I will always remember that.
These were the first words that gave me….hope, peace, understanding.
They made me not to be afraid anymore..
How can you be afraid, when every time you suffer, you meet…?
Yes.. the suffering without fear makes you free, because…it is the moment when you put all the trust, all the faith…. in God.
When you do that, it’s like opening the door…
and with the door open…you welcome the light,
and this light brings you…..hope, brings you smile, brings you…love, brings you….freedom.
Thank You Paulo,
lot of love
Agnieszka
When you eliminate Fear
there is little suffering
Fear of ’something’ brings more pain than ’something’ itself.
Even if that ‘thing’ is death, the fear of it is worse than it itself;
Acceptance
courage
Love
believing that you can overcome
and the audacity to be-leaf beyond belief
= Life
Loving all my Angels
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Indeed it is , it brings growth and great freedom so we can spread our wings and fly , and we dont have wander in search anymore, thank god for passports ..Blessings Tania
Great Quote!it made me think!
People would not evolve if it weren’t for what they experience in life. “Suffering” is one of those experiences. And suffering has a noble purpose “if it is confronted without fear”. Then, it can be a “passport to freedom” because it brings about an evolution of consciousness. The answer is that we should never resist. Resisting can be also called fear, despair or anger. The outcome of resisting is the feeling of imprisonment or isolation. Let go of your fear and you will find your freedom.
Suffering is one of life´s ways to open our hearts. I think we each have our share of fear to overcome. In our hearts we can find courage. When we act with courage, we can meet fear and watch it disappear. We can grow into being fearless when we dare. Learning to be fearless is one way to know freedom.
I somehow don’t agree with that. Suffering should not be invited, confronted or anything. You should not give so much importance to suffering. You should follow your heart and if suffering comes, than you should remember that it was you who chose that path and be proud.
samya,
I believe suffering is laways needed within our lives, as it builds our character. Think of each human starting as a solid slab of marble, the sculptor would be suffering, sorrow, all of the hard work that the sculptor puts in to carve this slab of marble into something unique. then when he is done, he looks at his work and he is complete.
Dear Samya,
You misunderstood all of us, nobody is inviting the suffering, it’s just when it comes….if you treat it without fear….you’ll feel free…
and you can do that only then when you open your heart to…God…
He’ll guide you through…everything…every fear…every suffering.
He’ll bring you….freedom.
:-)
lots of love
Agnieszka
Whether you invite it or not, suffering will come.
But it is just your ego playing tricks, trying to convince you that you could perhaps retain the things you cherish.
There is no point in fearing the inevitable.
Understanding comes through sorrow.
I´m unclear about what it is that you disagree with. I don´t see suffering as having a value in it self so as to be invited. I´ve just seen that people can and do open their heart thru suffering also. The buddists say that pain can brake us or make our hearts deeper and my life has taught me that it is so. At times in my life I´ve found that I suffered beyond my own limits and those experiences made me in part who I am today. I most certainly did not find I invited the suffering and now I do cherish what I´ve learned. Those experiences have been part of teaching me to reach to my heart and learn how to follow it. I find that it is very relevant to look at how I´ve co-created any situation, especially one that involves suffering. And I´ve also found that sometimes it has been beyond my reach, especially as a child or a very young person.
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear–not absence of fear.”
— Mark Twain
It is unescapable to walk on earth, averting sufferances. As the Warrior put himself in situations, where he paces up and down through it.
But as you Samya, I think there’s no need in suffering, the moment we know the goods, that our dream will bring to ourselves, to others; to the Whole. Until we attain our goal.
Also, the moment we know questions and answers are living together. This, for good or bad; giving remarkable but opposite results.
As long as there will be injustice into this world, fear will do the same. Lastly, through mountains and paths, we may recognise that instinctive feeling of fear. That magnificent way of knowing something dicey is maybe happening.
And one day, without feeling and being selfish, we know better how futile is sufferance. We learn how to master the fear, not to feel it beyond its own part. We love the creation, as a baby could love his both parents; having one’s feet on the ground. Breathing on earth and sky, in the same time.
Light, our walking is less and less painful, in the future. Maybe we discover freedom live with choices, breathing each second, as a loose Lover could be loving hearts closed.
Thanks Agnieska for your words.
Grace be with you all.
Freedom of what? …of the suffering?
Suffering without fear is a TOTAL acceptance of the suffering, yet I believe that an element of fear is necessary/ good in order to add intensity and totality to the suffering’s outcome, whatever the outcome. I would compare it to adrenaline. Adrenaline (also called epinephrine) is a “fight or flight” hormone, and plays a central role in the short-term stress reaction. It is released from the adrenal glands when danger threatens or in an emergency. Such triggers may be threatening (FEAR) or exciting (JOY)
“But if in your fear you would seek only love’s peace and pleasure, then it is better for you to cover yourself into the seasonless world, where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.” Kahlil Gibran
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The difficult way often teaches us the most.
Would we really be able to appreciate things if we never had to fight for anything, if we never had to overcome our fears?
Could we really get to know what believing, intuition, faith, soul to soul,… really means if we never get and take the chance to act upon it?…
Love,
Vicky
Yes and no.
I’m in my fifteenth year of a rare incurable progressive illness that has me mostly bedridden by now.
There are many ways in which I’m not free. My dreams are filled with the remembered joy of the simplest unencumbered movements.
At the same time, there are some senses in which I am more free than I was. But was it worth it, overall? No! I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.
So there is definitely such a thing as overkill when it comes to suffering. In fact, it’s doubtful that I’ll be around longer than another one to two years.
“Blessed are those with a marketing platform, for they shall find themselves published by Harper Collins…” Congratulations!
For myself, 25 years of dedication to my vocation through immense adversity has resulted in a book unlikely to be read much beyond friends and family despite the significant endorsements it has received even with my lack of connections - and lack of the ability to leave the house to make any!
I’m at peace, but would have preferred being able to contribute to contemporary spiritual discourse as long as I did the work.
Dear G,
The suffering without fear is ….this trust, this faith you put in…God, and then your heart opens to this light, to this love, and….you can feel, you can be…free.
lots of love
Agnieszka
It depends on what suffering we are talking about…
Suffering for problems that have solution in your hands and you face them with no fear, realizing which are your resources and your strengths that lead you to your freedom is one thing.
Suffering for problems that the solution is not in your hands (very few are, such as war, hunger or having health problems you or one you love) then you must realize that your resource is not in this world. You must believe in him, that the story was written before you were born and there is a reason why it is happening. This is the most difficult one to achieve. I call it faith.
Joan
MESSAGE FOR PAUL MAURICE MARTIN
I would very much like to read your book.
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Dear Paul Maurice Martin,
I would love to read your book too.
May God be with you in every difficult moment, may He give you strength, peace and love.
Remember, God is the one who can make miracles happen.
lots of love and peace
Agnieszka
Dear Paul Maurice Martin,
What you wrote moved me deeply in several ways.
First of all I would like to say that I didn’t mean I would ‘wish’ anyone difficulty…
I’ve had my fair share of suffering, enough to know that life doesn’t come with a guarantee.
But it’s true though and you just made it clear again,
suffering teaches us the importance of what is important. You take life with both your hands, whereas a lot of people who still have 30, 40 or whatever more years to go, don’t. Instead wasting a lot of time not following their dreams, their heart, their destiny,…, time that you would like to have living life to it’s fullest. I wish one of my friends would know what you know, because he’s prepared to let a beautiful friendship pass by, seeing nothing but the obstacles even the smallest. I wish I could make him see. It saddens me. And the coincidence happens to be that his name is Paul too…
Lots of love and courage,
from the bottom of my heart,
Vicky
Sage, I appreciate it. Just visit my site - http://www.originalfaith.com. (You could click on my name above.) That would give you more information about it and let you leave your email address on the contact form if you decide you’d like to be notified when it’s available.
Paul Maurice Martin
I’d like to read your book too
Joan
The gray of the tracks resembles the gray of your hope
The wind can’t hide your screams
Your sinn is wide and open
Your will is demanding
But only to yourself
It’s a shame
But who can you blame but yourself
Tossing away the roses
And picking up stones
Only for the fear to open up your hand for the thorns
We should only suffer what we must suffer and not allow ourselves suffer for things we have inflicted on ourselves