Suffering

― Thich Nhat Hanh

Yes, I agree Irma. I remember an old saying...."People can only do to you...what you allow them to do"...

Truth IS Truth

Earl, what a quality message.

@ Jake & Miisrael.... Thank you both!

What language is that?

Earl,

You have it backwards. The one that needs help first and immediately is the one suffering and not the one causing the suffering on another.

If A is causing suffering to B it is not B that you help. It is A that you help because it is B that is suffering caused by A.

I have an IQ of 68 and I have more sense than you have. What is up with that Earl?

Earl, you have made a statement that depends on the circumstances of the suffering. I have learned from my own experiences that there are different sizes of suffering for different types of conditions. One example is when we learn from the Bible that cleanliness is next to Godliness, therefore you would think that the Black man would have the cleanest neighborhood, but that's not true, because he knows that if he keeps his area too clean the landlord will raise the rent. He suffers because he doesn't realize he's is able to put the landlord in check with the (spiritual) after affects of his cleanliness.

Jen, if you mean Thich Nhat Hanh, he is Vietnamese. In my calendar, for August, is this quote:

"Looking deeply at any one thing, we see the whole cosmos. The one is made of the many. To take care of ourselves, we take care of those around us."

@ Steve,

Yes I was speaking of the language and thanks for the feedback!

HI EARL...YEARS AGO IN ANN LANDER'S ADVICE SECTION IN THE PAPER A PERSON WROTE HER ABOUT WHAT SOMEONE WAS 'DOING TO HER'...ANN'S ANSWER WAS A "YOU ALLOW THA TPESON, BECAUSE A PERSON CAN'TTAKE ADVANTAGE OVER YOUR LIFE WITH YOUT OU GIVING YOUR PERMISSIONFOR THEM TO DO SO...AND, SOMETHING THAT HAS HELPED ME OVER THE YEARS , WHEN I DOUBT MY SELF IN MANY THINGS BY WAYOF PUTTING THE MATTERS INTO THE FORM OF A QUESTION. (SMILE)

OOPS STEVE BE CAREFUL AS THESE PEOPLE TEND TO BE BUDDHIST AND WE DO KNOW BUDDHIST NATURE IS NATURE CONNECTED WITH ALL THINGS IN THE UNIVERSE CONNECTED AS IN 'EQUAL'..LOL!!!...

CAUSE AND EFFECT BALANCED...(S-M-I-L-E)

...AND, IF EARL DON'T MIND THIS POST IS ALOT LIKE MY WE CAN'T EXCAPE FROM OUR OWN ENVIRONMENT AS IN OUR OWN LIFE EXPERIENCES WE CAN'T EXCAPE AND AS HELEN STATES LIFE IS FULL OF UPS AND DOWNS WHICH IS ALWAYS A TEACIN GMOMENT. (SMILE)