The Punch Bowl and the Choice

[yossarian]

Well said! A thoughtful lesson in discrimination.

Choose to focus on those things that multiply the fruits in your life, and decimate the weeds. That's my motto.

Suffering is not something to be sought. The way I see suffering is a division of responsibility. It's my higher self's job to cause me to suffer in precisely helpful ways. It's my job to attempt to end my suffering. We have divided responsibility, and if I try to do my higher self's job for him, I am completely screwing up.

Virtue is to seek after peace, joy, love. The more we seek the better we get at attaining them. You can say thank you, not for the suffering, but for the fruits of suffering. Some forms of suffering lead to a greater harvest in your garden. Not any suffering - only specific forms. Your higher self will provide these, or if you are exceedingly wise, you can sometimes see them yourself. For instance sometimes you can see that working hard today, while maybe painful, will result in much happiness tomorrow and avert an even greater pain.

Anyway good post it made me think.