WHATSOEVER HAPPENS, ENDURE IT
AND THERE WILL BE MANY TROUBLES AND MANY PAINS IN LIFE -- THEY ARE PART OF GROWTH. Accept them for what they are. That does not mean to become morbid, that does not mean to become a masochist.
WHATSOEVER HAPPENS, ENDURE IT. But if you can... improve upon it, if you can modify it, modify it. A very sane advice.
The danger is there. One danger is that PEOPLE START FIGHTING WITH EVERY PAIN IN LIFE; they want to avoid all pains -- BUT THEN GROWTH IS AVOIDED. This is one pitfall.
The other pitfall is: PEOPLE START ACCEPTING PAINS, not only accepting them -- INVITING; not only inviting, but CREATING pains. As if by going through many pains, they will grow faster. They become self-destructive, they become suicidal. Both are extremes and both have to be avoided.
IF SOME PAIN COMES IN YOUR LIFE... ACCEPT IT, ENDURE IT -- watchfully grow through it. If you can see that you can modify it a little bit here and there, then modify it -- because modifying it is also part of growth....
AND THE WISE MAN IS NOT EXPOSED, REALLY, TO ANY AGONY, ANY HELL. Whatsoever the sage is exposed to is part... part of a growing life.
LIFE CANNOT GROW WITHOUT CHALLENGES; and pains, miseries, sufferings bring challenges. You cannot become aware without suffering. SUFFERING EVOKES AWARENESS IN YOU....
—OSHO—
Philosophia Perennis
Vol 1, Ch #6: Logos, power, necessity
am in Buddha Hall
WHATSOEVER HAPPENS, ENDURE IT. But if you can... improve upon it, if you can modify it, modify it. A very sane advice.
The danger is there. One danger is that PEOPLE START FIGHTING WITH EVERY PAIN IN LIFE; they want to avoid all pains -- BUT THEN GROWTH IS AVOIDED. This is one pitfall.
The other pitfall is: PEOPLE START ACCEPTING PAINS, not only accepting them -- INVITING; not only inviting, but CREATING pains. As if by going through many pains, they will grow faster. They become self-destructive, they become suicidal. Both are extremes and both have to be avoided.
IF SOME PAIN COMES IN YOUR LIFE... ACCEPT IT, ENDURE IT -- watchfully grow through it. If you can see that you can modify it a little bit here and there, then modify it -- because modifying it is also part of growth....
AND THE WISE MAN IS NOT EXPOSED, REALLY, TO ANY AGONY, ANY HELL. Whatsoever the sage is exposed to is part... part of a growing life.
LIFE CANNOT GROW WITHOUT CHALLENGES; and pains, miseries, sufferings bring challenges. You cannot become aware without suffering. SUFFERING EVOKES AWARENESS IN YOU....
—OSHO—
Philosophia Perennis
Vol 1, Ch #6: Logos, power, necessity
am in Buddha Hall
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