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Pain and Problems
Pain is not a problem in itself but the consciousness of a problem, so when we are in pain, we should accept it and focus on it until we know the problem and how to solve it. Read more ...
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Inacceptance of Pain
Once we no longer fear pain we no longer fear anything, for all we ever fear about anything is the pain it would cause. Because we all feel pain sooner or later, the only way to overcome our fears is to accept pain, as fear itself may be seen as nothing more than inacceptance of pain. Read more ...
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Suffering and Distraction
Suffering is nothing but the process of distracting oneself from pain, and in this we usually seek out suffering whenever we are in pain, while the more we are suffering the less we actually feel our pain. Read more ...
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Reconditioning of Pain
Pain is the association of an experience with death. If we aren’t to live in fear of death all our lives, we have to condition ourselves to see pain as actually being part of life and what must be dealt with in life, and so associate it with life. Read more ...
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Heaven and Hell
Both heaven and hell is to burn in fire; but in hell one resists the fire, so that it purges, while in heaven one gives oneself up to the fire, so that it kindles. The light of heaven and of hell are the same, for they are one, and their union is what we call earth. Read more ...
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Pain and Gain
Effort is nothing more or less than perseverance, than not giving up and going on. It is not being stopped by pain, but not pain itself. “No pain, no gain” is a contradiction in terms, because pain is nothing more than an aversion, a feeling that gives rise to the urge to give up, and aside from... Read more ...
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The Use of Pain and Pleasure
Pain is a signal of attraction and pleasure of repulsion, thus we should use pain only when we want to avoid something, and pleasure when we want to achieve something; never the other way around. Pain cannot move us to achievement any more than pleasure can move us to avoidance. We should not b... Read more ...
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True Strength
Just as true courage is not to have no fear but to face it, true strength is not to have no pain but to face it. Read more ...
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To Suffer With
It is impossible to be compassionate without the acceptance of pain, as, being compassionate, one feels the other’s pain, and if one does not accept that pain, rather than helping the person one will simply leave them, which is the easiest way to get away from the pain. Read more ...
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Fabrication du pain Max Poilâne à Lyon
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