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Originally Posted by itsme1672
First off all..that's a great quote "“We are not human beings seeking a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings living a human experience.”
Furthermore about physical suffering. A friend of mine is in chronic pain already for 14 years, her suffering was caused by a surgeon who butchered her foot. She sleeps barely 4 hours, week. She is a firm believer in God and doesn't believe that ending life is appropriate. Personally I hate to see her suffering, and I can't imagine God won't forgive her for taking such an act.
To me physical suffering is different than emotional suffering, since I don't see any spiritual advantage in physical suffering. Emotions are tightly integrated with our spirit, there fore I think it's almost always the wrong choice to end your life because of depression. Speaking for myself, ever since an MD me up, I am in severe pain, no cure no remedy, and ever since there is nothing but physical pain. I am not able to care, share, enjoy because of the physical pain, and certainly not to grow spiritually. When there is nothing but physical pain, there is not spiritual growth. But hey, I am all ears if people can convince me of the opposite.
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Physical pain is Very difficult to ignore. Emotional and mental pain in the equivalent (to me) as I tend to feel my mental and emotional pain on a physical level. I struggle with allowing myself to feel my emotions for this reason-
I would have to say though there are techniques such as Reiki which can lessen your physical pain to a level of tolerance or even have it diminish completely. Perhaps you'd benefit from a Reiki treatment.
With regards to suicide, I view it as a personal choice to be honest. While I think it's very selfish to leave those behind who will be left with the feelings, I also see it as a means of relief for those who do it. All things in life are for further evolutionary training- how we respond to our triggers and our environment. What we choose to do. There's no point in judging though because it's futile and a waste of precious energy.