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...ake Haiku Twinkle Star Synthetic Joy Tableaux (van Gogh) The Author The Suffering of Being Kafka Short Fiction ... ...w that soon she will mete out what a child like me deserves. Return The Suffering of Being Kafka Poetry Of Healing a... ...iv, 1990 "Requesting My Loved One – Short Stories", Yedioth Aharonot, Tel- Aviv, 1997 "The Suffering of Being Kafka" (electronic book of Hebrew and ...

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... body, I am doing this’, and that charged karma are now discharging in the current life. Now these discharging karma are giving fruits in the form of suffering of pleasure or pain. One has to suffer these fruits of karma. In that, not even God is an exception, in suffering of that karma. But what is the difference? The Gnani Purush remains constantly in the state of the Se...

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... What is the source of our personal suffering and the suffering of humanity? The vicious circle of human suffering has been idly turning for thousands of years as if without cause, and with no escape. Is this really so? Today we are learning that the wisdom of ...

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...lives, but the pain will be so great that it will be impossible to escape suffering, even if people try and escape into different kinds of pleasure.... ...e conduct of reality, the further the world is submerging into a state of suffering and uncertainty. 23 of 263 Interview With The Future T... ...eation. Such a desire would normally come only as a result of accumulated suffering over hundreds of years. However, through the positive influence ... ...s desires, are what change the program and man alike. As a result of past suffering, man becomes better suited for this program, and he feels it as ... ...cial to understand that the 60 of 263 Interview With The Future suffering is purposeful, that they come from a certain origin, from the Cr... ... family and everything. When someone comes to me with a complaint about suffering from an ‘evil eye,’ he is in fact trying to say that someone inf... ...come down to us, and we would feel pleasure and peace instead of pain and suffering. Question: Can you give me a practical example, for example, ... ...trying to explain that we must start studying now because of the pain and suffering that are ahead of us if we don’t start performing our mission. ... ...d. It is done in such a way that the Kabbalist gathers within him all the suffering of the collective, which he feels as external to him, and then ...

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...Laitman's new book not only demonstrates with examples from science and Kabbalah that the ego stands behind all human suffering, but also shows how we can use it to our benefit. With clear analyses of the human soul and its problems, the book provides a 'roadmap' indicating how we can achieve a new level of existence and fulfillment....

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... depends on our awareness: the better we understand Nature’s system, the less suffering we will ex- perience, and the faster we will evolve. At the a... ...d its absence or, worse, the denunciation of society, causes us the greatest suffering. Being shamed is the most terrible thing a person can experi... ...t fifty years, there has been a significant increase in the number of people suffering from depression. The newest finding is that depression appea... ...ols to cope with these predicaments, we ac- cept their existence to reduce the suffering they cause us. This is a natural defense mechanism that has ... ...ental and physical exercises to do so, thus decreasing the in- tensity of the suffering. As long as we remain preoccupied with chasing the next plea... ...re can derive satisfaction by oppress- ing others, drawing pleasure from their suffering. Only man can experience satisfaction at another’s sorrow. ... ...rts toward the point of altruistic bonding. Hence, egoism is the cause of all suffering. 68 FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY There are laws in Nature that affe... ...ands of years ago, when humanity suffered, it couldn’t understand why it was suffering. Now, we are ready to understand the reason, and to see that... ...is pressure depends on the degree of our imbalance. This is why, in the past, suffering and discomfort were less, since egoism was smaller. Today, w...

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...This is the continuation of Nawin's story. Now a famous prostitute painter suffering a midlife crisis, he abandons supercilious makings of wealth for a train trip ride to Laos where he repudiates and ventures onto something new...

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...ealthy and indolent foreigner (usually German or French but not always so) suffering and despondent because of a katzenjammer from a previous night of... ... had to one let alone the countless many. If it were unethical to know the suffering of an acquaintance and be unmoved to assist him, he rationalized,... ...l real within the propinquity of touch. There with another non-threatening suffering creature of this world, touching to feel real, maybe it is just a... ...rove. No, he said to himself more resolutely, these were compassionate and suffering eyes. He pondered his effeminate sensitivity. He did not want it-... ... Gallery. The depiction of his Majesty was with eyes that sponged up human suffering. "Mine are the same," he told himself; and thus his own were maje... ...mploding and he slapped more water on his face believing that he had to be suffering from a fever (surely not a nervous breakdown as his anxieties wer... ...l there within him shining with tender King Rama V's Chulalongkorn eyes of suffering for his people. Those smudges helped no one but himself and for a... ...ewalk restaurant workers, whores, and monks who were never given a chance. Suffering abounded--it scurried away from the heat of the sun like a legles... ...iness of youth and this was plenty. Pain sobered one to the injustices and suffering of the masses. But for he who knew the inordinate burden of both ...

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...I visited the shrine of Our Lady of Syracuse in Sicily. It showed Mary’s compassion for the poor and the ill. I had friends who were suffering and I wrote the book for them so they would not feel alone. One of my friends was Eileen Dallaglio, who lost a daughter tragically. She found the book a great consolation. Tragically, she had cancer at the time and ...

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...ing urge for happiness. Among the various spiritual traditions that have been developed over the past three thousand years to relieve humans of their suffering and distress, Buddhism is perhaps the most methodical, practical and comprehensive. As a function of its essential tolerance and loving kindness, the Buddhist tradition is expressed in a variety of forms that recogn...

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...Q) What is the goal? A) To end pain and suffering caused by illness leading on to the ending of all distortion in human beings allowing personal, internal evolution to restart. The question is always: what is causing the distortion in a person, and how to get rid o...

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...in real life that never happens. However, this story is more of me than anything else. A person propel by others into situations that looked ominous, suffering depressions from PTSD... yes, I was over there too, as many others. This story is more about the search for good inside of me and how to look for it. People change, I changed... but not really. This is the story of...

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...gher intelligences. Among other topics, the book discusses the origin and meaning of life, humankind's place in the universe, the purpose of evil and suffering, the relationship between God and people, and the life of Jesus. The Urantia Foundation, a U.S.-based non-profit group, first published The Urantia Book in 1955. In 2001, a jury found that the English book's copy...

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...r. It was, therefore, not unusual to see pumpkin-headed former liberals staggering brokenly around town--disgracing both God and Christian community--suffering for all to see until a magnificently-vengeful Jesus banished them to hell forever. ...

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...ddhist concepts in an ancient Indian setting. • There was a discussion of how traditions might better understand their shared vocation to alleviate suffering through interreligious dialogue and shared inter-spiritual contemplative silence. Dr Lindsay Falvey is a professor of the University of Melbourne, where he was previously Chair of Agriculture, Dean of Land and ...

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...ve Theology’ – Buddhist and Christian John D’Arcy May 18 Dying Buddha, Dying Christ: An Inter-Spiritual Response to the Amelioration of Suffering through Contemplative Silence Vincent Pizzuto 31 Transformative Dialogue and Contemplative Traditions: A Buddhist Perspective Padmasiri de Silva 37 ...

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...ollection of details that follow the details that preceded it in A Book of Nightmares. It is not a happy book. It is full of elegiac contemplation on suffering, helplessness, holiness and unrelenting sexual isolation. It is blunt and graphic and painfully beautiful. It has little plot, and no punctuation, and might, just might, be the poetry for which America has been unco...

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...een held to have been written by Saint Peter the apostle during his time as bishop of Rome. The letter is addressed to various churches in Asia Minor suffering religious persecution. (Summary from Wikipedia)...

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...The Psalms are the Israelites' songs of joy and sadness, contentment and complaint, happiness and suffering---but most of all, praise. King David is the most prolific contributor, but there are also psalms from his son Solomon, the sons of Korah, the worship leader Asaph, and even one from Moses! (Introduction by Mark Pen...

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...bly in recent years. Most of his poems deal with themes of disappointment in love and life, and mankind's long struggle against indifference to human suffering. (Summary from Wikipedia)....

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...ss, right? wrong. For one thing, why did they have spacemen costumes in their wardrobes,next to caveman ones? Why was the girl in charge of backstage suffering from amnesia and agoraphobia? No Great Magic is needed to perform the plays they put on, but sometimes great science. No matter where, or when. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)...