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Suffering — the postman



        Dr. Monica Gulati



        Abstract
        The Creator shines through each aspect of his creation. As this is the case, then each and every
        darkness and challenge must hide a divine Truth within. Let us explore the darkness of suffering
        and see what the hidden message is, veiled behind the dark and unpleasant façade. Can we allow,
        in faith, to go intimately close to suffering and see its roots, origins, its reason for manifestation, for
        being there? Let us engage in each experience of life as an exploration, to dig deeper, further, on
        and on. For only this progression, this adventure, this exploration is a never- ending joy.





        “Pain is the hammer of God to break      something in me resists that happening. That
        A dead resistance in the mortal’s heart… (1)”   something in me would say: ‘This cannot
                                                 happen, how can it be? What about my
        Emotional pain and suffering are words  plans? How would I be able to live now?
        which may sound very familiar. Each one of  What bad have I done in  my life to deserve
        us reading these words has been through, or  this?’ All these are thoughts which spring
        may be going through, some or other kind of  up in resistance to the happening of life, to the
        suffering in life. Let us explore deeply into  ‘isness’ of life. Whenever I become the resistance
        this problem of our day-to-day suffering,  and support the resistance further, suffering
        which often becomes a lifetime of suffering  is present. Wherever there is a resistance
        with only a few respites in between.     to whatever is, suffering will inevitably be
                                                 present. In the absence of this resistance
        Origins of suffering                     from within the being, the suffering cannot
                                                 exist. Challenges of life will still be there,
        When do I suffer? When I feel that I am in  difficulties may still be there, but suffering
        a certain life- situation, and I don’t want to  would have no reason to be present. It seems
        be there, I just want to be somewhere else.  that suffering and resistance to the flow of
        The situation does not agree with my image  life are entwined with each other. An animal
        or notion of what must have happened. I  does not suffer; a plant or a bush or a tree
        may be going through a broken relationship,  does not suffer. It may rot, wilt, die away
        or a disease, or loss of a person in life, and  and become mud. Animals may go through

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