The thing that caught my eye was the short paragraph in the beginning of the chapter. It explained that almost everything, if not everything, as composed of suffering. For the most part I agree with this but I don't believe that everything is composed of suffering. If that were the case then there wouldn't be a point in living. You care for people, and when they die you suffer because of that connection you had with them. This is what I think of the paragraph: everything that is good will eventually come back and bite you in the ass. But its the good part that is worth the suffering in the end. Having friends, a significant other and sharing the good times with them, to me, are worth the pain that you feel in the end.
I may be on the wrong track with this but that's who I perceived this part.
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I agree with you Sonja, the pain of losing something is becasue of how much we enjoyed it while we had. We wouldnt be greiving unless it meant something to us, an without having anything of meaning whats the point?
ReplyDeleteThe point you make about having friends being worth the pain in the end makes a lot of sense to me Sonja, and I feel like we wouldn't even be able to appreciate the rich relationships we have if it weren't for the lonely times apart. At the same time, you noted that from a good relationship there will be pain in the end, and I think that speaks to the suffering these chapters describe, friends move away, relationships break apart, people pass on, there's an inevitable end to all of it, and it's even more reason to appreciate it whats around.
ReplyDeleteI also agree, I feel that life is not life without suffering. Even though we may die we cannot fear it and even though we may suffer isn't it worth it in the end. Even if you can't let go of everything. The pain you feel isn't a bad thing or something to be ashamed of because it means that you cared.
ReplyDeleteyes I do not agree that everything is suffering, what a life would that be. I also do not interperet the writing to say that either though. So that may just be different sided interpratations. I think that Caring is a powerful feeling and act and I think that suffering may be a conditioning to caring.
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