it would seem that the sufferer engaged in suffering might process her suffering through one of three gates.. gate 1: the sufferer becomes the suffering and attempts to wiggle free..finding temporary relief..or perhaps an unsought intensification.. gate 2: the sufferer enters into the pain..looks for boundaries..finding none she notices that in which the pain resides..and comes home.. gate 3: the sufferer bypasses the suffering to immediately arrive home..then returning to the suffering..she saturates it with the infinite peace of her home...
and we note..suffering stimulates a search for any gate yielding relief and peace...
our culture seems to rely on gate 1..with ongoing search for those other gates...