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๐ฟ What Is Suffering?
A simple question today. What is suffering?
We often think suffering comes from life not happening according to our liking.
The traffic
The delay
The disagreement
The unexpected change
The plans that didnโt work out
And there is truth in that.
The mind suffers when reality doesnโt match the picture it has created.
But today, I also want to acknowledge something important. Some pain is simply part of being human.
Losing someone you love
Watching someone struggle
That isnโt something to dismiss or explain away.
Grief is not a failure to be present.
It is love expressing itself.
What the mind often adds, however, is another layer.
โThis shouldnโt have happened.โ
โWhy me?โ
โIf onlyโฆโ
That struggle with reality can deepen our suffering.
The pain of loss may remain.
But we donโt have to carry the extra burden of arguing with what has already happened.
Presence doesnโt ask us not to grieve.
It invites us to grieve fully.
To cry
To remember
To love
To sit quietly with what is
Without adding another story to it
๐ฏ Today: If life isnโt going according to your liking, pause for a moment.
Ask yourself:
โAm I experiencing the pain of this momentโฆ or is my mind adding another layer of suffering?โ
Sometimes peace doesnโt come because life changes.
Sometimes it comes because, even in the middle of pain, we stop arguing with reality and gently allow ourselves to be here, NOW.
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๐ฟ What Is Suffering?
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