ABEL\'S UNIVERSE (General)

by David Turell , Saturday, November 19, 2011, 06:19 (4563 days ago) @ Abel

And dhw, if you ever saw what was left of a child who was born without the ability to suffer (feel pain), then you would not wonder why there was suffering. You would see that a child who feels no pain doesn't understand why he/she shouldn't gouge their eyes out, or put their hand into flame. Those who have lost the ability to feel pain because of Hanson's Disease (leprosy) understand their need to suffer. As now they must survey every inch of their body for injury every day.

Or perhaps you'd feel better if we felt no cold and did not seek warmth, or did not feel the heat so did not seek the shade. If we felt no hunger, would we not starve? There is a need for suffering or it would not exist.

Excellent position. I always told my patients that pain was a friend. It warned them often with good results. Pain is very necessary.