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MeterMaid's avatar

A deeply moving post. It brought to mind a question I often ponder...can compassion can exist without suffering?

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mack paul's avatar

Beautifully expressed. I think perhaps, that one of the paradoxes of practicing meditation, is that when we become less absorbed by our own individual suffering, we become more acutely, and even painfully aware of the ubiquity of it, and that is when we realize that there is no escape. When I really want to make it all go away, I know that it is time to start in with tonglen. Breathing it in with acceptance, even when I can exhale relief, helps me manage. Thank you so much for your work.

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