We see pointless pain/suffering everywhere!. Innocent children, babies, animals, people!. Is there a purpose in any of it!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I think that there is a difference between pain and suffering!. Pain is a biological response!. It is there to help you notice when there is danger to the integrity of the physical body!. Pure and simple!. The cat jumps off my lap and digs her claws into my thigh, that's pain!. Suffering is what happens afterward!. Suffering is when (if) I replay the incident in my head with the story that it "shouldn't have happened," that, "the cat is selfish," that "I should have know better and worn thicker pants, what was I thinking letter her jump off of my lap in the first place,!.!.!. I should have picked her up" and on and on and on the mind goes!. Someone hits me, that hurts (pain), then I replay it in my mind, "they shouldn't have!.!.!. I should have!.!.!. someone should!.!.!." etc that's suffering!. Pain happens and then it is over!. Suffering is self inflicted mental torture that can go on and on and on and on!. As far as I can tell there's no point to suffering!. It's mental habit!. Meditation is all about learning to notice your own pattern of mental suffering and stop it!. Learning to do so is the end of suffering in the only place suffering can exist!. In your mind!.Www@QuestionHome@Com People are not made to suffer, if we were than it would not hurt as much because we were made to handle it!. The reason so many people suffer is because of external ideas!. If we were to live life the way wwe wanted without being told what is right and what is wrong, and having no effect on anyone else's well being we would all be happy, and there would be no suffering!. However, this is an impossible utopia because what we do does effect others!. The way we live life now, is that at birth and through child development,our parents and teachers tell us what is right and what is wrong!. Through adolecence and adult hood we learn what is legal and illegal!. We learn about respecting others, and "biting our tongue"!. Because there are so many different societies, governments, religions, states of mind!.!.!.what is right for one person is wrong for another!. So you always have a choice; do what you think is right and cause suffering on others, or dont do what you think is right and inflict the suffering upon yourself!. This is why we suffer!Www@QuestionHome@Com We are not made to suffer darlin!. We are made for far more greater things than that but for the most part we don't know it! We don't know just how grand and beautiful we are meant to be because we live in a world where evil rules the very air we breathe!. All our sufferings on the innocents and the evil ones as well is brought about by evil!. We call him 'satan', and satan has an army of minions to spread this misery and pain all around the world!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The majority of suffering in the world is the result of human actions!. However an important question to ask is "Why do we experience joy in life!?" There are many reasons one may experience pain!. Pain can be an alert system to help the body survive!. It lets us know we are not yet dead, and aids in our development of empathy!. However, what possible reason can there be for joy!? Not pleasure, but joy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Of course!. Pain receptors are made to let us keep living to avoid having them being triggered again!. Man, evil man, with the power to reason has brought upon itself torture!. Animals, however, (only instinct) don't have sadistic motives!. We also feel the most pain with the power to reason!. So is all the pleasure enough to outweigh the pain!?Www@QuestionHome@Com We were not made to suffer, but, once original sin entered the picture, and mankind came to believe that it could make decisions without external input, we were condemned to suffer!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Because they are emo ask depressing questions!.!.!.There is no purpose in it!. It's just the way it is!. You can alleviate some of it, or you can contribute to some of it, but it will still be there!.Www@QuestionHome@Com 1) People are not "made" 2) Is there some point to joy that you single out suffering!?Www@QuestionHome@Com none at all!. humans make their decsions and others deal with it thats all there is!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |