Anyway, for Buddhism specifically: I agree that suffering is a fundamental part of experience. Totally. Unequivocally. I don't agree that it's always a useful lens through which to *interpret* experience.
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Yes and no. My reality has improved dramatically in the last five years since I started meditation.
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It’s not about fixing your reality, but instead, relating to it differently. As it happens this can result in a better reality as an epiphenomenon.
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Yeah. As I got into in a really long discussion with
@iwelsh here, I overstated this particular point. Not ground I feel like retreading today, but I think we agree on this. (In short, my issue is with the thrust of much of Buddhist philosphy. I know the techniques work.)
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And of course, that you are stuck with this reality....
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My teacher stresses this all the time "you have to do it, I can just help provide the space for it to happen"
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