Comments on: Gain/pain

by: jack

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:07:00 +0000

I like the Roberts quote, reminding that conscious suffering can reveal its roots, giving us an option to approach things otherwise.

by: Stormwind

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:12:42 +0000

We are hardwired to pay attention to pain and retain the memory longer; It’s a survival mechanism- so yes, pain teaches. That said, several studies show that motivation and learning are better kept alive by positive reinforcement and encouragement (gain), even the self given kind, than punishments. But of course when one adds culture, environment and experience (nurture), individual response to stimuli (nature) and other things to the mix, like all human responses- nothing is a given.

by: Tamara

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:25:34 +0000

I came across a passage recently in a work by Jane Roberts which sums up my own view of the pain/gain question: “Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you how to stop suffering.”