So in summary, when Dunne explains how suffering is a reflection of life itself, he simply means that one must understand, know, and depend on suffering in order to live life on the right side of the wheel. Whatever side of the wheel one chooses to be on all depends on one’s interpretation of suffering in life. One can allow the wheel of fortune to run one’s life but knowing that the wheel possesses bliss can help motivate the individual to pass over and to learn from another’s suffering or bliss, in order to gain a full awareness of how to control one’s life. And understanding compassion will lead one to understand how to forgive, which is all a necessary part of understanding suffering.

It is not difficult to understand what the two types of suffering are given by Dunne. He makes it pretty obvious in chapter two that his idea of two types of suffering are compassion and forgiveness. The difficult part is trying to understand exactly what he means by these two words. One can easily get the definition of compassion and forgiveness out of a dictionary. But relating them to suffering is something that must be looked at more closely. Dunne makes it very clear that everyone suffers and it can be viewed as a personal hell for many. However, he adds, “compassion and forgiveness have a power, we have found, to abolish that hell” (Dunne, p. 49). How to abolish the hell and end personal suffering is what Dunne repeatedly mentions as being important.

The Way of All the Earth gives an in-depth explanation describing John S. Dunne’s two types of suffering. John S. Dunne explains the insight into suffering by comparing and contrasting the teachings of both Jesus and Gotama (Buddha), expressing the need to have a personal relationship with God, and showing how one must be willing to understand suffering and accept it as a part of life. If one can understand his teachings and actively use them in life, one will be able to deal with suffering in a much healthier way. This will enhance one’s happiness in life by making life more livable and easier to understand. The main point Dunne is trying to make is that suffering is a part of life and it can either be accepted by knowing suffering is inevitable and there is no escape, or one can learn to understand what suffering really means and reject the idea that waiting around for suffering is the only thing that can be controlled.

ncluding Yale University and Oxford University. Father Dunne is still an active author, focusing his literature toward trying to explain an individual’s personal search for meaning and self-understanding.

Dunne described how showing compassion and forgiving others is a necessary part of life. Even though it can be hard to understand and act upon doesn’t mean the understanding of suffering isn’t possible. Such people as Buddha

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