Perhaps the greatest and most constant question nagging at human conscience is suffering. Why do we suffer? Does it have a basis in our actions? Are we deserving of suffering? And is there a way to look at our pain as a means of growth? Does it have a purpose?
The answer to these questions has the possibility to leading to an ennobled life.
"The question was whether an ape was being used to develop poliomyelitis serum, and for this reason punctured again and again, would ever be able to grasp the meaning of its suffering. Unanimously, the group replied that of course it would not; for with its limited intelligence it could not enter into the world of man, i.e., the only world in which its suffering would be understandable. Then I pushed forward with the following question: "And what about man? Are you sure that the human world is a terminal point in the evolution of the cosmos? Is it not conceivable that there is still another dimension possible, a world beyond man's world; a world in which the question of an ultimate meaning of human suffering would find an answer?" ~ Viktor Frankl Man's Search for Meaning
The answer to these questions has the possibility to leading to an ennobled life.
"The question was whether an ape was being used to develop poliomyelitis serum, and for this reason punctured again and again, would ever be able to grasp the meaning of its suffering. Unanimously, the group replied that of course it would not; for with its limited intelligence it could not enter into the world of man, i.e., the only world in which its suffering would be understandable. Then I pushed forward with the following question: "And what about man? Are you sure that the human world is a terminal point in the evolution of the cosmos? Is it not conceivable that there is still another dimension possible, a world beyond man's world; a world in which the question of an ultimate meaning of human suffering would find an answer?" ~ Viktor Frankl Man's Search for Meaning
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