“We all want to be normal. Life, even normal life, is arduous, demanding, and ultimately threatening. We all have to deal with it, and none of us really knows how. We are all traumatized by life, by its unpredictability, its randomness, its lack of regard for our feelings and the losses it brings. Each in our own way, we suffer.”
Source: The Trauma of Everyday Life
“Whenever you experience pain anywhere in your body, the chi flow in your energy system has been disrupted.”
Source: The Difference Between Pain and Suffering
“Me truthful... you mendacious.. !!”
“Many people are unable to get rid of their pain completely because they haven't confronted themselves about their suffering.”
Source: The Difference Between Pain and Suffering
“Suffering is the negative story you are telling yourself about what is happening now, what has happened in the past or what could potentially happen in the future.”
Source: The Difference Between Pain and Suffering
“It is in our love for others that the end to suffering exists.”
Source: The light at the center of the universe
“The crux of the second noble truth is not what you want, but the very fact that you want.”
Source: Untangling Self: A Buddhist Investigation of Who We Really Are
“Your God would never punish you for being a human being: this life itself is your penance...But it is also more than that: it is a crucible for transformation. Each trial, every loss, is an opportunity for you to meet suffering with love and make of it an offering, a prayer. The minute you lift your pain like a candle the darkness vanishes, and mercy comes rushing in to heal you.”
Source: The Showings of Julian of Norwich
“For I say there is no other thing that is worse than the sea is for breaking a man, even though he may a very strong one.”
“I could not feel, smell, see, hear, or taste the world around me. If I had allowed myself to experience these things in all their intensity, I might have lost my mind. If I had allowed myself to cry, I might never have been able to stop. So I survived, but I never felt joy, never felt safe.”
Source: In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom