14 September

What can be said to alleviate suffering? How can one hope to avoid the pain that is so often associated with loss and regret?

There will always be devastation. Life is a blend of good fortune and ill. It is not the avoidance of suffering which solves all one’s problems, but rather the acceptance and understanding, of fill.

If we could view our miniature lives from the perspective of eagle eyes we would begin to comprehend the significance of all of life spanned. For, every disappointment and anguish or fear encountered by one, there are a myriad of far greater problems looming ahead for others in tow. Our role is to keep a balanced view, and appreciate that suffering is relative to who one is, and how one reacts, and in what manner one launches a counterattack.

All that we face throughout our own lives is given so that we may mount ever higher, and vanquish the demons of illusion evermore. And we can cope with whatever comes our way if we do our darnedest to remain focussed and true to our own energy, the source of exactly who we really are, and have been for millennia.

So continue thus boldly. Move on ahead. Keep contented with your life, come what may, and you will, through experience, learn to read the signs of weakness creeping up from the depths, only to overcome them with detachment and zest.

Be in the moment, and no more harm will come to you, or raise the alarm that signals that you have been sleeping again. Stay alert and positive, and the ups and downs of your life will wash over you and keep you afloat.