I brought pain with me when I came to earth. A lack, an absence, an incompleteness in my human life. I chose it with care before I came.
And then as it happens, I forgot all about who i really was and why I was here. But the pain did not forget me.
It lived with me, ran with me. Its fetid breath and hungry mouth gave me no peace. For that which I lacked, shadowed all that I had.
Till one day, tired of its persistent, foul presence, its swallowing of all that made me happy, I turned and followed it to its lair.
And saw it disappear. The lair metamorphosed into a treasure trove.
I saw the falsity of pain. I saw that when one investigates and follows its trail to the source, it leads one to truth. I saw that the pain had kept me awake and had rescued me from the sweet venomous slumber of false pleasures.
Its fearsome face hid the precious key to joy, to freedom. And that is why I could never have come to earth without my chosen pain.
And then as it happens, I forgot all about who i really was and why I was here. But the pain did not forget me.
It lived with me, ran with me. Its fetid breath and hungry mouth gave me no peace. For that which I lacked, shadowed all that I had.
Till one day, tired of its persistent, foul presence, its swallowing of all that made me happy, I turned and followed it to its lair.
And saw it disappear. The lair metamorphosed into a treasure trove.
I saw the falsity of pain. I saw that when one investigates and follows its trail to the source, it leads one to truth. I saw that the pain had kept me awake and had rescued me from the sweet venomous slumber of false pleasures.
Its fearsome face hid the precious key to joy, to freedom. And that is why I could never have come to earth without my chosen pain.
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