>>81528411
It's only reductionist in the sense that I'm talking about one point. What's really reductionist is your perspective on what I'm saying, as if I'm saying the only way to grow is martyr yourself, or that the only way to grow is to chop all your arms and legs off and throw yourself into a pit of lava; then, and only THEN can you really even attempt to grow!
I'm not even advocating for suffering for the sake of suffering, it's merely that you cannot transcend what you refuse to acknowledge.

The only time suffering doesn't make you stronger is when you refuse to confront it. If you choose to cower in the corner, shrivel up into a little ball of terror and hide away. It festers, multiplies, drags you down into the depths of hell and consumes you whole. Complete and utter archetypical ego consumption by the shadow.
From which the only possible light of redemption is given by the soul, the animus/anima, the last harbinger of a chance to grow.

It feels like you're projecting your own experience of the lack of suffering.