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Suffering is Optional: How to Use Mindfulness As a Tool For Redemption

by Maria Kuzmiak Leave a Comment
making sense of suffering

Do you know that suffering is optional? Spiritual traditions tell us this, but many of us are slow to accept it. Spiritual masters like Buddha and Jesus advised their followers that they would suffer, but they also offered hope for redemption. Yes, suffering is inevitable, but we can transform it. A friend of mine recently … [Read more…]

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