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EXAMPLES OF FOURTH WAY ATTITUDE TOWARDS SUFFERING:

LIFE

IS A SERIES OF

TROUBLES

AND

DISAPPOINTMENTS

INTERRUPTED

PERIODICALLY

BY

DISASTERS
                                            DSM

Going to School to Pain

Pain says. If one would teach, he must first get the student's attention.  I am an excellent attention-getter.
I am deep.  If you would not fear me, be deep like me.
I come from the center.  A point is my sign.  A stab from me is the Cosmic Goad.
If you would not fear me, live each Present Moment with the same intensity that you experience me.
I am the great Valuer.   All values come from me and my partner, Death.
I am the Gateway to Mysteries.  An image of me is your highest concept of the Sacred.  I am the quintessential Now. I lie in ambush for those who miss their daily dose of life.  This elixir, unconsumed, accumulates and overspills its little vial, raining its concentrated torrent on the negligent soul.
I am the angel of annunciation for the awesome now.
Time is a gliding serpent bearing precious jewels upon its back - each jewel a present Moment.

IF THOU HADST KNOWN HOW TO SUFFER

THOU WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO NOT TO SUFFER

LEARN THOU TO SUFFER AND

THOU SHALT BE ABLE NOT TO SUFFER.

JESUS
ACTS OF JOHN