These crazy people view long, difficult, frustrating silent meditation retreats as the key to coping with suffering, making peace with what is so, and finding access to a deep, pervasive sense of joy.
Mechanisms of transference and counter-transference about coping with suffering may be more prominent in primary care as a consequence of strong patient-physician relationships [ 58- 61].
It doesn't always mean progress, he told me; "it's possible to adapt and diminish the quality of human life". Adapting to avoid or cope with the suffering wrought by climate change might gradually create other suffering.
Not only has this resilience helped the hundreds of thousands suffering from the loss of families, homes and livelihoods to cope with their suffering, despite the self-absorbed dithering of their national politicians in Tokyo.
"There is no age for suffering and, next to that, it's very important that we have a legal framework for the doctors who are confronted with this demand today and for the minors, for the capable minors, who are suffering today, and who I think should have the freedom to choose how they cope with their suffering," said Senator Jean-Jacques de Gucht, of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats.
In my mind at least, the film deals with the question of "how do I cope with the suffering of a loved one?" and he is someone who I find incredible in that role, as a person, independent of his immense talent as an actor.
Nearly all religions have attempted, in some form, to help people cope with human suffering and inequality.
While some afflictions are more recent phenomena than others, how we cope with this suffering, and how we go about reducing the pain we inflict on ourselves and others, are dilemmas as old as humankind itself.
He seemed much livelier than I'd expected, having heard how many illnesses he was coping with and suffering.
