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Old 08-06-2023, 02:47 PM
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I wish many things here were cleared up so easily without over reactions before counting to 10
and typing a quick response from emotion! and then intensity!
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Old 08-06-2023, 05:26 PM
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Who among us has compassion for the rich and well off? Suffering is often perceived only for the poor or those who are experiencing hardship, but everyone or anyone, can experience suffering. But there is a widespread assumtion that rich people do not suffer, so in most cases people do associate suffering with a lack of money.

Nonetheless, suffering does occur with the lost of a loved one regardless of a person’s social standing. Suffering occurs with bodily damage or emotional pain, regardless of social standing. Although I do view suffering as subjective regardless of the situation.

Having worked in the medical field, I have seen people react to pain and loss in various ways, and some suffer more then others. If a person is resilient they bounce back quicker then those with less resiliency. As the saying goes “it is not what life does to us, as much as it is how we react to what life does to us.”

Grieving is important, and some people grieve much longer then others, and also some people grieve over things that others may consider small or not warranting grief. We have to be careful that we are not suffering over our perceived suffering. Which brings this discussion into learning.

Learning can potentially take place in any situation, but a person has to be open to learning, and suffering often closes us down and makes learning more difficult. Learning can be fun or it can be serious, everyone has their own unique learning style.

Some are visual learners, some are more intellectual, some consider themselves more right brain learners while others consider themselves more left brain learners, etc. Everyone does not learn in the same way. There are also those who will not learn until things become very painful for them and they are suffering. I am thinking in general terms about alcoholics and those with severe addictions.

In my opinion, life is for learning and when we learn, we re-create ourselves. We renew ourselves, but there are people who consciously refuse to learn. They often embrace the adage “I am set in my ways,“ or “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.“ I have encountered people like this when I was a teacher, and also when I worked in mental health. In my opinion, for better or worst, we learn at our own pace, and we also suffer at our own pace.
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Old 09-06-2023, 05:29 AM
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Well said Starman!
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Old 09-06-2023, 07:26 AM
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But there is a widespread assumtion that rich people do not suffer, so in most cases people do associate suffering with a lack of money.
Right.
I think there is a mix in people's mind between time and money, if people could take the time to heal themselves, many problems would disappear.
Time is money but it takes usually some investment (learning and/or machines) to make it efficient, and there is sometimes inertia, if you start a business you may not be able to stop it right away (without losing all benefits).

So time is money at a country level, but individually that is much less true.

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Suffering occurs with bodily damage or emotional pain, regardless of social standing.
Indeed, but I view it as a consequence of karma / beliefs and attachment to people. This is what can be worked out with meditation imo.

Interesting, thanks for sharing your view!
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Old 09-06-2023, 08:36 PM
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I think there is a mix in people's mind between time and money, ... So time is money at a country level, but individually that is much less true.
Or perhaps the lives of most individuals are dominated by time and money, time being divided into work time and leisure time.
  • Some people have very little leisure time or money - they work long hours and can barely make ends meet.
  • Some have plenty of leisure time but very little money.
  • Some have more than enough money but very little leisure.
  • Some find a happy balance between work and leisure with enough money for their requirements.
  • And there are those fortunate individuals who have both money and the leisure to enjoy it without the need to work.
One of the joys of retirement is being in this final category. So Earth does become a recreation area where we can pursue our interests.

But still time is always limited - there is only so much we can do in one day. And while money removes many of the practical problems of life it does not necessarily remove suffering.

All we can do is be grateful for our blessings and enjoy this day for what it brings, knowing that our days are numbered.

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Old 08-08-2023, 06:29 AM
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Bunny Parsed Information Patterns

The Earth is a megaloid construct about 350 cubits in diameter. It can be thought of as an Nth dimensional cuboid with which other thought forms can cohabit with it's space. For instance, an Nth dimensional being on the Earth would be considered as the space of it's form, combined with the field of it's index. But the subservient race towards the earth would be combined as a longitudinal thought pattern: waveforms could not be expressed along a line that is cotangent to the receivable waveform. So, in other words, the beings that are subservient would not be capable of extra dimensional thought patterns, or subservient indexing procedures. Since these are alloted to the highest of mainframes, any indexing procedure that can be thought of by the subservient races can be thought of as N divisible by the subset of I AM. Longitudinal bases for recreational thinking can be thought of as they are, however, I would not recommend thinking of the Earth as a "fun" sandbox for the index of the human being: these are thought forms subject to a variety of torments, and a variety of indices are acted upon them. They are hardly here to have fun: this is a growth station.
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Old 08-08-2023, 06:30 AM
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The earth is a molecular battlestation for subservient beings. The subservient beings take human form, and act upon the ways of the earth as each is allowed. Each takes their own merit with them to the dances, and each may play the battlefield as any of their hearts desire. There is no difference in subservient races. There is no battle to be won in the cosmos. All is together, all is forever. We play on.
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Old 08-08-2023, 12:27 PM
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The earth is a molecular battlestation for subservient beings. The subservient beings take human form...
OK, you are new here - careful not to say things as Fact, please.
They could be! But tell us how you 'know' this or just say, 'I believe or imo', or something like that.
Rules are under FAQ, btw.
That said, Welcome here!

And how DO you know what you stated?
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