"Nobody’s life is entirely free of pain and sorrow. Isn’t it a question of learning to live with them rather than trying to avoid them?The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.The pain that you create now is always some form of nonacceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment. On the emotional level, it is some form of negativity. The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment, and this in turn depends on how strongly you are identified with your mind."
- Elkhart Tolle
I found this to be a very interesting perspective on pain, and when I think about it, it seems to make sense to me. I know very little of the Taoist philosophy, but my understanding is that it professes the idea that there is a "path" in every moment down which we should "flow." When we flow down the path through which we were meant to flow, we have peace and contentment. When we fight against the path and seek another way we are discontented and experience pain. It certainly seems true in my own experience that all forms of grief are finally released from our consciousness when we learn to truly accept them.
Food for Thought: Are there any elements of your life that you can accept in order to find peace?
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