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John Manyjohns · 08-10-2007, 01:27 AM

This cleared a few things up for me.

I am not usually suicidal, but I look at my life 10, 20, 30 years in the future, and I often wonder if I will have the strength to keep going to the end of "the play". I seem to be (mostly) unafraid of death, but I am definitely afraid of pain and suffering in this world.

I suppose knowing that suicide is not really an escape, that we will have to go through the same bitter lessons all over again, certainly provides some incentive to "tough it out", but, honestly, I can't fathom why anyone would actually CHOOSE to incarnate in this "veil of tears".

The ancient Greeks believed that wisdom could only come through suffering, and maybe they were right, but it sometimes seems to me that my "Higher Self", or whoever planned all this is an accomplished sadist.

08-10-2007, 01:27 AM	#15 (permalink)
John Manyjohns Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2	Thanks for the Blog Entry This cleared a few things up for me. I am not usually suicidal, but I look at my life 10, 20, 30 years in the future, and I often wonder if I will have the strength to keep going to the end of "the play". I seem to be (mostly) unafraid of death, but I am definitely afraid of pain and suffering in this world. I suppose knowing that suicide is not really an escape, that we will have to go through the same bitter lessons all over again, certainly provides some incentive to "tough it out", but, honestly, I can't fathom why anyone would actually CHOOSE to incarnate in this "veil of tears". The ancient Greeks believed that wisdom could only come through suffering, and maybe they were right, but it sometimes seems to me that my "Higher Self", or whoever planned all this is an accomplished sadist.