Why pain?

[Guest guest]

First some maybe not exact quotes from Nisaragadatta. " You must be

able to take pain"

" The reactions neutralize the actions and in the end it's as if

nothing is happening"

 

Why do some sages and saints and realized beings experience such pain

instead of being medicated? Do they take on the pain and suffering of

those who come in contact with them, and if they do, dont they have

to experience the pain for them?

 

Do we have to pay back the portion of pain that we inflicted on other

sentient beings? Some of my teachers said yes. When I decided to eat

flesh again I said to myself that if the above statement was actually

true, that I would accept the consequences of my actions with

recriminations.

 

Love that pain,

Alton