Is there a truer aphorism than "misery loves company?" Maybe so. Maybe not. But it does seem to bring a little perspective in a personal life to recognize that others in distant times and faraway places were doing precisely the same thing and fighting precisely the same battles that anyone involved in spiritual (or any other?) practice might. Not that their experience or conclusions need to cloud the latter-day scene ... it's just a bit consoling to think that Marcus Aurelius or Lao Tzu (if he existed), or Jesus or Gautama or your grandmother or grandfather, or ... pick your fave... were doing the same stuff.
Misery loves company.
A consolation of sorts.
But can consolations ever truly console that which seeks peace?
I doubt it.
Now get to work. :)
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