Fainting at the sight of suffering

from Motley Mystic · host Candace Chellew

This is a podcast of the article “Fainting at the sight of suffering: Cultivating loving awareness in a world gone mad,” published on The Motley Mystic Substack.A wise friend once told me, “You can’t make yourself sick enough to make anyone else well.” Those words came back to me as Hurricanes Helene and Milton wreaked havoc on the Southeast, where hundreds died and thousands more lost everything. We think that making ourselves sick over the devastation others have suffered will somehow minimize the suffering, but it only makes it worse because now, we’re spiritually unconscious and can be of no help at all. In this Motley Mystic Substack podcast, we explore how we can cultivate a conscious state of loving awareness, even in the midst of great suffering. If we can stop spiritually fainting at the sight of suffering — ours or others — then we can become a catalyst to end all suffering.Read more from The Motley Mystic Substack here: https://motleymysticsubstack.comFind out more about Candace Chellew at https://candacechellew.com/About the Motley Mystic:The Motley Mystic is an online community for people who have realized that the truth speaks with many voices. There is no one religion, philosophy, institution, or dogma that captures the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth. No one needs to swear allegiance to one line of thought or belief to discern Truth because Love is the only thing that’s real. That’s what we explore at the Motley Mystic - all the tools and strategies we need to remove our barriers to Love and live fully as our true Divine Self.Candace Chellew is the founder of Motley Mystic as well as Jubilee! Circle, an interfaith spiritual community in Columbia, S.C. She is also the author of Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians, published in 2008 by Jossey-Bass, and the founder and senior editor emeritus of Whosoever: An Online Magazine for LGBTQ People of Faith. She is also a musician and avid animal lover.Thanks for reading Motley Mystic! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit motleymystic.substack.com

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