“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
 

bc stoics>ad stoics

Um. Yeah, but what ramifications are there for revoking said external pain. Because it's not like taking a cigar that's burning you off your skin. It's a perception shift. That's not as simple as this makes it seem.

oh yes, please inform any cancer patient undergoing chemo that they just need to shift their perception and the pain will leave.

pain is more than perception

its a biological response to stimuli

u cant change a biological response w/o medication

You would know all about that woukdnt u

what, medications?

Pain is an illusion.

You can manipulate the way your brain receives pain and alter perception, but I was more referring to emotional pain, as I'm sure OP's quote was.

Emo ausfag

IM...ON....EVERYTHANG

#MIKEEPPS

GURU MASAII HAS BEEN CHALLENGED BY DR RAWN.

THREATS TO IMPLIED CREDIBILITY DETECTED.

Actually I totally believe in this. We as people do not see anything as it actually is, whether it is our feelings or something physical like our senses it is always filtered by our perception and mood. This is why Buddhist monks are capable of such feats like hanging giant weights on their wiener without feeling pain. It's control over the self and is possible with enough will and practice.

How do they pull fkn 18 wheelers with peen tho

EXPLAIN THAT SMRTGUY

Buddhist cok not big coz Asian

Well thats from will power dude, also I don't know much bout asian peen you must be more of an expert than me in that area.

I kno asian peen small coz I watch moar porn than camp bell obv

Asian porn is boring as shit. Horse porn is much more interesting.

Yeah...

Im done

Later

In a sense, everything is. Still doesn't make the experience any less real to the person that experiences it.

You mother fuckers need to chill out with this bullshit and battle.