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I never feel more alive than when i'm in great pain, struggling against insurmountable odds and untold adversity. hardship? suffering? bring it!
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I Never Feel More Alive Than When

Dean Karnazes
I never feel more alive than when i'm in great pain, struggling against insurmountable odds and untold adversity. hardship? suffering? bring it!
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Hardship, in forcing us to exercise greater patience and forbearance in daily life, actually makes us stronger and more robust. from the daily experience of hardship comes a greater capacity to accept difficulties without losing our sense of inner calm. of course, i do not advocate seeking out hardship as a way of life, but merely wish to suggest that, if you relate to it constructively, it can bring greater inner strength and fortitude.
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To choose a hardship for ourselves is our only defense against that hardship. this is what is meant by accepting suffering. those who, by their very nature, can suffer completely, utterly, have an advantage. that is how we can disarm the power of suffering, make it our own creation, our own choice; submit to it. a justification for suicide.
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Do you want a sign that you're asleep? here it is: you're suffering. suffering is a sign that you're out of touch with the truth. suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth, that you might understand that there's falsehood somewhere, just as physical pain is given to you so you will understand that there is disease or illness somewhere. suffering occurs when you clash with reality. when your illusions clash with reality, when your falsehoods clash with truth, then you have suffering. otherwise there is no suffering.
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