The Brown Book Commentaries

―Suffering cannot be perpetuated; suffering can only be allowed.‖ ~ anonymous
This statement is Truth indeed, for it is pain that can be perpetuated, while suffering is
always a choice of the one onto whom pain (or any other form of dis-ease – such as fatigue,
worry, callousness, regret, shame, embarrassment, fear, anger, sadness, despair, hopelessness,
hatred, disgust, etc) happens to flow …
Note as well that just as suffering ensues
every time pain is resisted, emPowerment
ensues every time pain comes and yet we
choose to Love anyway.
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Image 398 (Page 146a) … This picture (which I call ―Glory to The Father‖) shows my
Self paying an homage of Gratitude to God (towards Mt. Rainier in the background –
Washington, 2006). It reminds me of the Truth that revelry for Life itself rises
effortlessly from one who is humbly dedicated to Love …
―Begin as creation; become as Creator.‖ ~ Rumi
The first (creation) is innate to being born into a sentient body – the second (Creator) is an
inevitable end to living that conscious life. As such, the choice we all have to make is not whether
we are going to become a Creator, but rather what kind of Creator we are going to become –
whether we are going to live a life steeped in mindless selfishness and thereby create pain &
inspire suffering, or whether we are going to set aside such calloused convention in order to Live a
Life soaked in purposeful service -- and thereby create Peace and inspire Joy.
Image 399 (Page 146a – overleaf) … This picture a chimpanzee showing Jane Goodall
the same gentle reverence that she so often showed them – reminding me of the Truth
that it is only our ignorant hubris that has us humans thinking we are superior to other
sentient cousins; that more often than not is we who should be learning from them …
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