The realistic goal is not to eliminate all suffering permanently but to progressively suffer less across time and in individual moments by recognizing and practicing the distinction between sensation and the suffering response to sensation.
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“now of course the the ideal here is that we can train to the point where we never have suffering in our lives right and of course there's there's nothing wrong with aspiring to that however I would suggest to you that that's a pretty lofty and rather unrealistic goal okay what is possible is that little by little we can suffer less”
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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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