~Ebony and Ivory~

Our lives are a combination of advances and setbacks,

gains and losses, pleasure and pain. It is told 

that suffering leads to the attainment of wisdom 

and compassion. In this manner we come to 

know that pain, despair, and all the obstacles 

we sometimes find  in life are actually 

blessings of darkness. 

Pain and despair teach us compassion.

Obstacles teach us patience and endurance. 

They strengthen us so that we may walk the path. 

Without these things we cannot grow in wisdom 

as spiritual beings. Pain gives pleasure it's value,

just as defeat gives success it's sweetness. 

In the reverse, pain would lose its power if pleasure was a 

thing  unknown. Defeat would lose its sting 

if success did not exist. However, in life we 

certainly all experience cycles of gain and loss,

Pain and pleasure, sense and nonsense. 

Darkness presents obstacles through which we 

gain experience, strength, and wisdom. 

Therefore, to walk in balance we must 

acknowledge the forces of Light and Darkness 

in our lives. Each is a teacher in its 

own right, and through them we learn 

perspective and discernment. Light provides 

us with knowledge but it's from darkness 

we draw wisdom. In light we see clearly 

and can discern with the mind. 

In darkness we experience the pain and strife 

that are catalyst to the wisdom of their avoidance. 

?Broken187Soul ?

Copyright 08-14-13