Without

Without suffering,
  no salvation to be won. 
Without adversity, 
  nothing to overcome. 

With nothing to surrender
  difficult to render realization
  of impermanence, 
  which leads to an awareness 
  of inherit emptiness, 
The awareness, 
  of  self-liberation. 

If on fire would one not extinguish? 
What does one do when hungry?
When tired and sleepy? 
When cold and fire burns low? 

In pain, seek relief, 
  when sick the cure. 
Before a reaping one must sow. 

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