Menna
The Living Force
"Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering. Now, decipher what this means." - Gurdjieff
Im going to take a crack at this...I have come up with two opinions
1) This could mean - In order to grow and progress you need to suffer but there comes a point when suffering is no longer needed no longer necessary to grow and if you wish to progress further you have to shed the suffering, because this suffering is now holding you back in some way
or
2) This could mean - When you are suffering you are growing and you need to suffer in order to grow but there comes a time when you have to realize that what is causing the suffering is not really suffering and you have to change your mindset because this suffering is actually what you wan't to be doing or there comes a time when you are so developed that there is no suffering and you just have to realize it.
I really can;t say I have the answer as to what this quote means anyone else care to share?
Im going to take a crack at this...I have come up with two opinions
1) This could mean - In order to grow and progress you need to suffer but there comes a point when suffering is no longer needed no longer necessary to grow and if you wish to progress further you have to shed the suffering, because this suffering is now holding you back in some way
or
2) This could mean - When you are suffering you are growing and you need to suffer in order to grow but there comes a time when you have to realize that what is causing the suffering is not really suffering and you have to change your mindset because this suffering is actually what you wan't to be doing or there comes a time when you are so developed that there is no suffering and you just have to realize it.
I really can;t say I have the answer as to what this quote means anyone else care to share?