Suffering

Pain

Category: Essays Added Time: March 31, 2011 15:30:44 Source: admin Clicks: 16

We humans, when we have a headache, we go to the hospital; when our stomach hurts, we buy medicine; when our liver aches, we undergo surgery. With the development of society up to today, the physical pain and diseases we experience can mostly be resolved or delayed. However, when it comes to the pain of the spirit, we are still stuck in the same place. When our hearts hurt, there's nowhere we can go; we can only let it torment us.

Thousands of years ago, Jiao Zhongqing's mother drove away Liu Lanzhi, causing them to part ways like the peacock flying southeast and laboring swallows flying west. Thousands of years later, how many divorce cases aren't due to household matters? How many mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships are truly harmonious? Therefore, history moves forward, but not everything progresses. What we need to do now is to push those things that haven't progressed to move forward as well. Otherwise, the ones deeply affected will not only be common people but also great figures and celebrities.

Here, we discuss pain and suicide. Many people commit suicide because their pain cannot be healed, such as Sanmao, Hemingway, the CEO of Hyundai Group, and the former Prime Minister of South Korea. They committed suicide because they were controlled by their pain and their emotions.

I have a friend who is an ordinary person, and he also thought about committing suicide due to some matters. But then he thought: why am I so tormented? I don't want to suffer myself. In "The Super Pickled Cabbage - Chapter Twelve: The Pickled Cabbage and the Witch," there indeed lives an old witch deep in the Northern Mountain. This witch, due to never brushing her teeth, has an extremely foul breath. Her servants can't bear her bad breath; some fall ill after just a few days, while others run away. Because no one serves her, the old witch has to live alone in a deep cave in the mountains. Unless she comes out herself, it's very hard for anyone to find her. However, near where she lives, there is a sign: winter trees. Realizing that there must be a problem here, he began to look inward with effort, much like a person with back pain trying to treat themselves. He twists his body and strives to look at himself. By observing himself, similar to "The Super Pickled Cabbage - Chapter Two: The Pickled Cabbage and the Butterfly," he realized many principles. Although he didn't summarize classic experiences like the self or ego in philosophy, through self-inspection, he suddenly understood and discovered wonderful methods to escape from pain, as described in "The Abandoned Baby's Story (Part One)." Thus, he lived a happy and fulfilling life. This value, for him personally, might far outweigh fame and external achievements.

Although self-observation has certain limitations, and it's likely that one may never see their own back, if you're willing to look and have a strong desire, you will definitely see. You will think of every possible way and use all available forces to see. For instance, to see your back, you could use photos or mirrors, etc. If you try, there are actually many methods. As long as you're willing to solve the problem, there will definitely be a solution. Otherwise, in the face of pain, there is only the path of giving up or committing suicide. Many issues, whether faced by great people or ordinary people, are the same problems. It all depends on how you face and resolve them.