Concept
Suffering
Hurting, and not being able to make it stop.
10 passages · 5 traditions
Astrology
Buddhist
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Majjhima Nikāya 63, the simile of the arrowSuppose a man was struck by an arrow thickly smeared with poison. His friends and colleagues, relatives and kin would get a surgeon to treat him. But the man would say: ‘I won’t extract this…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Saṁyutta Nikāya 15.3, “Tears”"Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning. No first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving. What do you thi…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.6, “An Arrow”"Mendicants, an unlearned ordinary person feels pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings. A learned noble disciple also feels pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings. What, then, is the diffe…
Christian
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Luke 10:30–35Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certa…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Matthew 11:28–30"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for y…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Psalm 34:17–19The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. Many are the aff…
Secular reflection
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Reflection: The weight you are carryingTiredness lies about its own cause. It presents as a failure of character — you are lazy, you are behind, you should be managing this — when the actual reading is much duller. You have been…ReflectionWritten for this collection
Reflection: what the pain is askingPain arrives with instructions attached, and most of them are wrong. It says: fix this now. It says: this will not end. It says: you should have seen it coming, and someone is to blame, and…