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There are many other kinds of suffering
through which you will pass
before you attain your aim.
Try to understand that suffering
is the only active principle in us
which can be converted into higher feeling -
which is also higher
thought and higher understanding.
Do not be afraid
of thinking of your emotions
and finding contradictions in them,
even if it hurts you.
Only by comparing different emotions
referring to the same subject
can you find buffers in yourself
and eventually destroy them
if you work hard enough
and are not afraid
of hurting yourself.
Remember that this will lead you
to the awakening of conscience,
which is the simultaneous feeling
of all contradictory emotions;
and remember that the awakening of conscience
is a necessary step
for transferring yourself
to the higher level of consciousness.
~P.D. Ouspensky - Conscience The Search for Truth
