[Longwow]

the dala lama also states that everybody has got the same right to seek happiness. true happiness though can only be reached by accepting suffering.

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hi, liliane...(i keep thinking of you as the "swedish nightengale"...was that the nickname for jenny lind??)

something about your comment jingles my alarm bell.

i've been under the impression that seeking happiness is a profound mistake since happiness is not a thing-in-itself but rather an incidental by-product of a life well lived.... if one concentrates rightly on the job of living the elusive happiness follows like the tail on a donkey's a$$. (:>) (sorry, couldn't resist)

i'm not sure about "accepting suffering". a friend of mine actually seeks out suffering, thinking she can help out by offering it on the alter ... thinking she is sharing/relieving jesus' suffering. some supposedly holy monks were noted for lashing their poor bodies into submission with bloodied whips... that is a heck of a way to treat their borrowed 2-d body....sheer ingratitude.

perhaps suffering should not be merely "accepted". if it sticks to you like a stinging mustard plaster, then regard it as a catalyst to be utilized, or decide if it a helpful wake up call that you are on the wrong course and hinting that you should change course ...the main thing is don't just helplessly sit there passively accepting it. no bonus points for stupidity no matter how well intentioned.

well, i'm not happy with the way i strung it all together above -- but i'm not going to suffer over lamenting the insufficiencies!

luv ya! bbb