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RE: Living With Consciousness: Is Personal Growth Necessarily Scary?
Furthermore, do you believe self-realization or "enlightenment" has to be the result of extensive suffering?
Not in the slightest.
The only thing suffering has to offer(in my opinion), is what the old adage says...'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger'.
This is true, unfortunately. It doesn't make you 'more at one with yourself , man'
I'd prefer the weakness without any of the suffering, personally !
'Enlightenment' (even if that is even a thing, to be honest) is best achieved through happiness, imho.
Much better just to get on with life, and stop navel gazing...
Too much navel gazing can definitely be more of a hindrance than a help... discovered that first-hand. On the other hand, I did get exposed to a lot of very interesting and diverse perspectives on the "journey."
There's a lot of stuff I think is pretty silly (like "vows of poverty," for example), but I also recognize that some people require a lot of "structure" in their lives; rules to follow. On the whole, I'd just as well do without the suffering.