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[W]e need not become fixated upon our own suffering, whatever its origin. We offer it up, thus participating in the well-being of the universe. When we experience an illness or depression not as our own but as the universe__, we are one with all beings who experience this kind of suffering. (78)
Jean-Yves Leloup Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
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[W]e need not become fixated upon our own suffering, whatever its origin. We offer it up, thus participating in the well-being of the universe. When we experience an illness or depression not as our own but as the universe__, we are one with all beings who experience this kind of suffering. (78)
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