"The evolution of a philosopher through suffering"

Hello Ierrelus,

I have not the slightest concern for those who are physically dying of serious diseases – such is a matter between them and Nature. The mind should be enquiring as to the cause, which cannot be found in society’s systems for support of the weak which are run by false authorities and blindly supported by the masses who pathetically look to them for help.

It is the matter of the mental death of the masses that motivates me.

You wrote:

This plea for sympathy and support, whether it is yours or of billions of disease sufferers, will never bring a compassionate response from me. Why? Because if it is not within the power of the sufferer to turn things around – which can be done despite all the fatalism and comfort food in the world – my time would be wasted. My compassion is reserved for those who are potentially still able to think, to seek, and to reverse the damage that they alone have done through imperception of the laws of nature.

Why is the cause of human welfare a lost cause? Because people create their own misery unknowingly. We have a choice between “dealing with what is” (i.e. human misery) or not responding at all.

It is not with the slightest resentment – but with enjoyment – that I sense your implication that I may not be quite human or decent. This is the kind of response I look for as confirmation that I’m “doing my job” as one who seeks truth and not ways of comforting people in their misery.

No lesson to be learned from suffering? Not for some. But without my own suffering I would not have lifted myself out of mental illness, and eventually even cease to fear the consequences of no longer playing the game unconsciously run by the powers that be, and live according to my true nature. Till then, I was dying in the worst way.

December 15, 2006

Hello vfr,

I have created a new thread under Religion, called “Happiness Only Found in Balance”, to respond to the post in which you said:

I draw no distinction between philosophy and religion. However, I recognize that most seem compelled to divide the two, so my agreeable side is inclined to comply with the apparent “rules”. For those sensitive to the word – “God” is derived from the word “good”. If one is sensitive to the word “good” it may imply something tragic.