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Quote of the Day

By Paulo Coelho

Suffering,
if confronted without fear,
is the great passport to freedom.
(Eleven Minutes)

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  • Dear Petri, all my love and prayers for you. Our bodies are only the temporary dwellings of our Soul.
    Love,
    Thelma

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  • Petri you are a brave man!well done!!

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  • Dear Petri,
    Just want to say that hearing about examples like yours makes me feel humble because you are actually living what you believe in. My prayers are with you.
    Mandarawa

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  • We are all born from the physical suffering of our Mothers, out of respect for their sacrifice, I do not think it necessary to then deliberately self inflict suffering (emotional or phsyical) on ourselves or anyone else.

    We are no longer in the Dark Ages. I do not believe that we were given the gift of life so that we could suffer. Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it.

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  • Christ showed us the way.
    LOVE,
    Thelma

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  • 5 1/2 years ago at age 42 I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis which immediately sent me on a path I never thought I would take. I felt I had no other choice. That path has lead me directly to Paulo’s quote of today. This has been a trial for me as my body’s nervous system deteriorates and I can’t do much of what I was accustomed to, like getting old very quickly. The actual trial/lesson has been to “suffer without fear” because the suffering was not ending. At first I didn’t think it could be done and I vacillated between believing and not believing but what did I have to lose? Only fear. Our heroes in our myths and stories show us how it is done but these are myths and stories! Today I am not all the way without fear but I am far enough to see that it is certainly possible. Think about needing to changing almost every belief of yourself you ever thought to be true because they were almost all lies. I knew, from somewhere inside, that I had freedom to gain no matter what my body was going through. Without MS I would have never sought this level of freedom because I thought I already had it. I didn’t. Not everyone with MS takes this path and not everyone needs an illness to discover freedom.

    I spend the physical energy I have today helping others with their pain and being a model of bravery when I can.

    Peace to All
    Petri

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  • The meaning of suffering is hard to grasp. Once I worked as a volunteer for awhile with the “Mother Teresa’s sisters”, The Sisters of Charity, in Calcutta, and learned that each of the sisters had a severe ill person somewhere in the world, dedicating their suffering for this sister. They explained how it gave them energy. I got a new perspective on suffering. Mother Theresa believed that one can give one’s suffering up for the benefit of another individual. It’s easier to suffer knowing it can benefit somebody else.

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  • An Ethical Dilemma
    If someone who loves life is actually dying…
    they will choose suffering. If someone who is worn by suffering is suffering they choose death… unless the loved ones who sustain the dying person are hopeful then the dying must live out their life in suffering/ unless they convince the living that they must be allowed to die…just an observation.

    Some folks choose to suffer for it makes them feel alive. Some folks avoid suffering at all costs because of deep wounds of unbearable reality…and they have to split their personality to keep surviving and Living ON
    ….another observation….HUMMMMMMM.

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  • For another time Paulo you are so right.People are afraid of suffering so they don’t dare.That’s why they lose the chance to live certain things.That’s why they prefer the security of a life without strong emotions.I once read that nowadays our emotional life is more simular to a straight line, there are not big changes.Are we trapped by fear and we are choosing the easy way out?
    Love,
    Lia

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  • Coincidentally i read eleven minutes just yesterday, so i remember the phrase and it struck me.
    I live in Africa a place some associate with hospitality and joy amidst suffering. The reason, I believe, is that people are fearless and they are fearless because they are hopeful.
    In most parts of Africa religion and spirituality are very alive. Hope makes them free despite their circumstances.

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  • When suffering, one should feel blessed because suffering is a gift to the saints. Once he realizes this, then he can become joyful.

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  • This saying is great. From budha to nanak to krishnamorthi said same thing. actually there is no suffering at all. Then you will ask what it is. It is sumthing came from inside , we just want it that way, we just want it to be our way, i want it my way..ha ha. best way to leave as said, accept the present as it is, you cant do all things by urself let the world play its role.

    whole day is long let me live just one moment of love rest is your my hate.

    haha

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  • I dont know why,but hearing so many times,I start to believe it.Only facing sufference one can pass to another level of consciousness.Best example is Jesus Christ,with the utmost challenge,facing death and whole evils.

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  • There is so much suffering in the world and sometimes in our own life. How wonderful it would be if the world was free from it. But at the moment it is not and we don’t have much power to relieve it. One of the things we can do is to use our own suffering to develop spiritual realizations. We all know that when we experience some suffering ourselves, then when we hear of others suffering our compassion is so strong. If we can transform our suffering into compassion, then we can be on a way to eventually liberating the world from suffering completely. I believe that universal love and compassion can free the world from suffering.

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