Koushi Sherrill
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My Zen teacher asked, "Do we need some suffering in our life to truly have a life worth living?"

My response: Perhaps the better question would be, "How do we acknowledge and practice with suffering to live a life worth living?"
01:04 PM - Feb 05, 2023
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Koushi Sherrill
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In response to Koushi Sherrill.
"Suffering," like anxiety, death, the cold decline of the universe, is reality. It's unpleasant, but universal.

Someone who has all the material in the world could be suffering spiritually (Matthew 19:24 comes to mind), someone who is spiritually inclined could be suffering emotionally.
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Koushi Sherrill
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In response to Koushi Sherrill.
But there's progress, teaching, and learning in suffering, and through our practice we can see that there's something that goes beyond it all, too. 🙏
01:05 PM - Feb 05, 2023
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