Comment: There are Buddhist sayings about suffering and sufferers. If possible, could you comment on them?

“Never interfere in someone else’s suffering. A person must grow tired of himself and drink the cup of poison allotted to him.”

My Response: This is absolutely correct! Beautifully said! If you try to pull someone out before they have drunk their cup of poison, it will not help them.

Question: They must grow tired of themselves—is that true?

Answer: Yes, even to the point of hatred.

Comment: So I simply live, and then I come to the realization that…

My Response: That all your evil comes from you. For that, you need to change yourself somehow. How is that possible? And here you come to the point of the correct decision.

Question: Does it mean that my life is in order for me to grow tired of myself?

Answer: Yes.

Question: What about the fact that I am allotted this cup of poison, how do you feel about the word “allotted”?

Answer: Yes, it is on one side of the scales, and a drop of wisdom is on the other side of the scales.

Question: Do I have to drink this cup of poison one way or another?

Answer: Without refusing.

Question: Do I open my mouth and take the poison?

Answer: Yes.

Question: Am I allotted a specific dose?

Answer: Yes.

Question: Every person?

Answer: Every person.

Comment: There is no life optimism here.

My Response: Why? Life begins precisely when you understand that before you is a cup of poison and a beautiful, balanced, and good life. Choose.

Comment: I will choose the balanced and good life, I am telling you right now.

My Response: Only through the cup of poison!

Question: Are you saying I must take this cup of poison and then I will reach this balanced life?

Answer: Yes.

Question: So the road to paradise goes through hell. Can we say that?

Answer: Yes.

Question: Can a person live with this thought?

Answer: People live with it.

Question: Are you saying that this is how we should live, on top of everything else?

Answer: Yes.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 5/6/24

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