There are two primary responses to an unpleasant sensation like an itch: satisfying the desire to remove it (scratching), or recognizing the desire without identifying with it (through mindfulness), and the second approach does not reinforce the problematic habit of needing to gratify desires to achieve peace.
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Unidentified Speaker — The Secret To True Happiness = Seeing That The Self Is An I… [UGQuErr2Wdo]Evidence Quote
“now there's there's only two ways out of that suffering one is to scratch the itch you get rid of it right which is fine in many cases that there's no problem in doing that however what habit of mind are we developing if we just scratch the itch we're developing the habit that says I can only have peace when I gratify the desires that arise up inside of me”
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The Secret To True Happiness = Seeing That The Self Is An Illusion (Here's Why)— The Magic of Mindful Self-AwarenessCreated: 8/13/2026, 9:56:39 AM
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