tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329398662181950824.post2770843534635020172..comments2023-05-09T21:16:36.415+08:00Comments on Life Is Like That: Mercy suicide?!Justin Choohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11275697990382930245noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329398662181950824.post-21927989670519263742008-10-26T09:12:00.000+08:002008-10-26T09:12:00.000+08:00Barry,We are all inflicted with some "dis-ease" in...Barry,<BR/><BR/>We are all inflicted with some "dis-ease" in one way or another.Justin Choohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11275697990382930245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329398662181950824.post-41715590039190463242008-10-26T01:57:00.000+08:002008-10-26T01:57:00.000+08:00Reverend Dhammika's post fully expresses the wisdo...Reverend Dhammika's post fully expresses the wisdom and compassion he brings to his teaching. The violent death of any person diminishes all of us, even if the death occurs from a free choice.<BR/><BR/>That said, my experience of severely depressed people may be somewhat different than his. A person in the grips of severe clinical depression is rarely able to say, "Well, my life just isn't going the way that I had hoped, so I'll make some changes and then I'll be fine." Depression is not subject to a change of view.<BR/><BR/>Severe depression takes away life in the same way that severe cancer takes away life. Both are diseases, neither are subject to choice. Both need extensive medical care.<BR/><BR/>Those who teach the dharma, even those of us with the hubris to blog about the dharma, must recognize that human suffering takes many forms and that wisdom similarly must take many forms. Every disease needs a unique medicine. <BR/><BR/>BarryBarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09412033978642026623noreply@blogger.com