Nick Cave has given a fan advice on how to tackle suffering in a new ‘Red Hand Files’ letter.Replying to a letter Cave received asking what the value of suffering is, the Bad Seeds frontman replied: “What do we do with suffering?
As far as I can see, we have two choices – we either transform our suffering into something else, or we hold on to it, and eventually pass it on.”He continued: “In order to transform our pain, we must acknowledge that all people suffer.
By understanding that suffering is the universal unifying force, we can see people more compassionately, and this goes some way toward helping us forgive the world and ourselves.“By acting compassionately we reduce the world’s net suffering, and defiantly rehabilitate the world.
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