Very often people have a very limited way of thinking.

and I told myself -- as I've told myself before -- that the body shuts down then the pain gets too bad, that consciousness is temporary, that this will pass. But just like always, I didn't slip away. I was left on the shore with the waves washing over me, unable to drown.

The higher consciousness are the ones who get the most pain.

Consciousness set goal independently, achieves them through will and evaluation of results

Whatever comes to your consciousness is what you act out.

It__ that short-lived happiness, which empowers us to bear; long-lasting pain in living.