Most of us have sorrow in different forms -in relationship, in the death of someone, in not fulfilling oneself and withering away to nothing, or in trying to achieve, trying to become something, and meeting with total failure. And there is the whole problem of sorrow on the physical side:illness, blindness, incapacitation, paralysis, and so on. Everywhere there is this extraordinary thing called sorrow, with death waiting round the corner. And we do not know how to meet sorrow, so either we worship it, or rationalize it, or try to run away from it. It would be a marvelous thing if in the process of your listening,unemotionally, not sentimentally to what is being said, you could really understand sorrow and be totally free of it; because then there would be no self-deception, no illusions, no anxieties, no fear, and the brain could function clearly, sharply, logically. And then, perhaps, one would know what love is. – J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
Most of us are familiar with the pysical side of symptoms, and some even realize the chemical side of pain, but very few people realize the emotional side of pain. This is a great quote from one of the greatest thinkers in recent history. There is a reason why the first post on this blog is a quote on understanding. Something to think about.
