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The element of suffering.
Jason
God EmperorArrakis Moderator
Everyone,
Some people never see the characteristic element of stress and suffering that is inherent to life. Perhaps it is because they have yet to partake of the necessary experiences needed to develop this insight, or perhaps it is because they merely choose not to acknowledge it. Birth, aging, sickness, and death; we are all subject to the laws of conditionality. Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing, and that process is inherently stressful.
The truth is that we have no real control over the unsatisfactory and impermanent nature of our existence, and this is evident by the fact that we cannot say, "Let my body be thus, Let my body not be thus. Let my feelings be thus. Let my feelings not be thus. Let my perceptions be thus. Let my perceptions not be thus. Let my mental process be thus. Let my mental process not be thus. Let my consciousness be thus. Let my consciousness not be thus."
These things that we cling to as our own, these five phenomena that comprise our experience of the world, they arise from causes and conditions. When this is, that is. From the arising of this comes the arising of that. When this isn’t, that isn’t. From the cessation of this comes the cessation of that. Whether we may wish to see this aspect of our existence or not, the fact that whatever is suffering and subject to change is not worth clinging to remains.
Sincerely,
Jason
Some people never see the characteristic element of stress and suffering that is inherent to life. Perhaps it is because they have yet to partake of the necessary experiences needed to develop this insight, or perhaps it is because they merely choose not to acknowledge it. Birth, aging, sickness, and death; we are all subject to the laws of conditionality. Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing, and that process is inherently stressful.
The truth is that we have no real control over the unsatisfactory and impermanent nature of our existence, and this is evident by the fact that we cannot say, "Let my body be thus, Let my body not be thus. Let my feelings be thus. Let my feelings not be thus. Let my perceptions be thus. Let my perceptions not be thus. Let my mental process be thus. Let my mental process not be thus. Let my consciousness be thus. Let my consciousness not be thus."
These things that we cling to as our own, these five phenomena that comprise our experience of the world, they arise from causes and conditions. When this is, that is. From the arising of this comes the arising of that. When this isn’t, that isn’t. From the cessation of this comes the cessation of that. Whether we may wish to see this aspect of our existence or not, the fact that whatever is suffering and subject to change is not worth clinging to remains.
Sincerely,
Jason
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it ourselves who add all the trash to it, that makes stress and misunderstanding