The human being often functions simply as an intelligent animal - sometimes not even a very intelligent one - until an unpleasant event disturbs the shallow equilibrium of his waking consciousness. It is one of the fundamental contributions of pain to make people wake up to a deeper quality of existence and to seek evidence for meaning in their lives beyond the immediate sensations that arrest their attention. But pain is not only a great awakener. It is also a leveller of human beings by its effect in dispelling the childish illusions to which we cling in order to confirm our own importance.
-Martin Israel
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