The Voice of Silence
The Mustard Seed NEVER TALK ABOUT YOUR SUFFERING . Suffer it, but don't talk about it. Why do you talk about it? Why do people go on talking and boring others about their suffering? Who is interested? BUT JUST NOT TO OFFEND YOU, if you start talking about illnesses and anguish, OTHERS HAVE TO TOLERATE IT -- but they start escaping, they start wanting somehow to get rid of you. NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR, because everybody has too much suffering of his own. Who bothers about your suffering? Don't talk about it, because talking creates associations. DON'T COMPLAIN, because then you are asking for affection, pity, compassion, love. Don't ask, don't sell your suffering -- bring back your investment. SUFFER PRIVATELY, DON'T MAKE IT PUBLIC -- then it becomes a tapascharya, it becomes an austerity, one of the best. JUST PUT A FULL STOP TO TALKING ABOUT YOUR SUFFERING. Your suffering is your personal affair, it is better that you deal with it by yourself. NOW I AM NOT...
