SUFFERING BELONGS TO ALL

When I copied the following thoughts from someone's face-book page, I am sorry to say that I did not copy her name, so I can not give her credit for them. At the time, I had no intention of using them here, but since then when re-reading it, I have become more and more interested.  This was very helpful to me, as I have re-digested time after time some old sorrows and some constant attitudes and suffer them as imperfections. Therefore the following meant a lot to me.  Perhaps it is by the Dalai Lama, who learned much of his thought from the works of Jesus Christ, as I have been told.


"We are all One, universally we all want love and a minimum of suffering.  Suffering is subjective if we live in a free country, without war, and have food, and shelter.  Some might think their day is ruined because they broke a fingernail and did not have a nail file on their person.  We all have our stories, we are unique like snowflakes but all snowflakes, are not either superior or inferior. When we learn about our ego, it is not (measured) by our circumstances but how we react to our circumstances.


Dalai Lama..."We are all pure inherent souls living the human experience.  The ego tries to separate us.  Once we feel pride, then we start to think one is superior or inferior. Then pride opens us up to judgment, jealousy, anger, greed, and all the pain that is created in our minds.  Once we learn about mindfulness, and self-compassion, we do not look outside ourselves for true happiness and contentment.  Once we have embraced a sturdy foundation, and strip away all our labels and lay them bare, and realize we have the power to stop judging ourselves and others, we are all ONE.  We then understand that we are Enough.  A Final ending to all stories."   There is much common sense for each of us in these words.




But, excuse me, but I must add this:  I find it much easier to trust God than to trust myself.  So, at any part of these thoughts and instructions, such as, "when I feel pride and the numerous other painful and binding thoughts I might have", I pray to the Lord God.  And yes, this may be thought as looking outside myself which is what the above seems to find unnecessary!  But, I have asked for the Holy Spirit of God to live in me, so part of me (and I hope the largest part) is of God. Although he has three parts (Son, Spirit, and Father) He is still One....The One!  And faster than I, by myself, can find the mindfulness and compassion for myself and others, I find, through God,  the true happiness and contentment the Dalai Lama speaks about.  More power to you if you can get there by your own thinking! As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!  (Job, "Choose you this day whom you shall serve, But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!)


I  pray for peace  in the Lord for you and yours...and as for me and mine, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD!


Jo INMN