Accept Suffering

[bluedreamer]

Thanks for the @scribd tip, free is key for me too.




Suffering and feeling peace are experiences we have here in this life, how can we know one without the other? Since I love Rumi, here is a poem by him:


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The Guest House






This being human is a guest house.


Every morning a new arrival.




A joy, a depression, a meanness,


some momentary awareness comes


as an unexpected visitor.




Welcome and entertain them all!


Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,


who violently sweep your house


empty of its furniture,


still, treat each guest honorably.


He may be clearing you out


for some new delight.




The dark thought, the shame, the malice,


meet them at the door laughing,


and invite them in.




Be grateful for whoever comes,


because each has been sent


as a guide from beyond.






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Welcome to the forum someguy : )