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Suffering

(An essay from the book, I Saw Your Light from Afar, by Claudio Mazzucco, pages 179-183)

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From the article:

Life is by no means continuous fun or a party; there are many monstrous, evil, sad, and corrupt things in life. No path of genuine spiritual knowledge can avoid reflecting on suffering, however difficult it may be. Neither is simplistic reasoning, such as “it’s karma,” acceptable for explaining any type of suffering. Such reasoning seems to say … those who suffer somehow deserve it. Everyone, even the most advanced mystics, are subject to suffering. Once we become aware of the existence of suffering and of its presence, we need to decide what attitude to adopt when faced with it. 

On the Rosicrucian Path: we learn a kind of discipline that makes us sensitive to our inner vision and we build into our lives a harmonious whole comprising both pain and suffering. Suffering should be given meaning, because the lack of meaning exacerbates suffering.