GFP Newsletter - 3/20/2014 [1]

Our article today is, "How can you be happy when there's so much suffering in the world?":

This is a question we get asked every now and again, and it begs another question: Does sadness or pity do anything to relieve another's suffering? I see a whole lot of people who behave like it does, yet I also see a world that's filled with people suffering. Does being sad yourself really help at all, or does it just contribute more sadness to the world?

You've probably heard the expression "misery loves company", which means that suffering people are usually quite eager to spread their suffering to others. If this provides any relief, I suspect it's only because the mind gets what it wants. The mind gets validation for it's suffering by spreading it to another, which doesn't really relieve the suffering at all, it strengthens the patterns of suffering.

Read the full article: http://soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/how-can-you-be-happy-when-theres-so-much-suffering-world [2]

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Link to today's GFP newsletter: http://soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/gfp-newsletter-3202014 [3]