The ego says, 'I shouldn't have to suffer,' and that thought makes you suffer so much more. It is a distortion of the truth, which is always paradoxical. The truth is that you need to say yes to suffering before you can transcend it.
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A Priest, a Rabbi, and a Minister walk into a bar. Bartender looks up and says, 'What is this, a joke?'