The weird circularity of dukkha
I suffer because I don’t want to be doing this thing I’m doing
I don’t want to be doing it because it’s unpleasant
It’s unpleasant because I don’t want to be doing it
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that's not circular! if you draw out the diagram there's an input that you never come back to: why are you doing it even if it's unpleasant
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you're suffering because you're doing something even though part of you doesn't want to do it. so another part of you does, or at least feels like you should do it. that internal conflict is a starting point for further investigation
I like this framing, that the suffering is about parts conflict. The example that originated this tweet was washing the dishes (which is funny, because sometimes I really enjoy washing the dishes) but this particular time was noticing
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I was aggravated by having to do it when I felt that I wanted to be doing something else more worthwhile instead. And then it seemed clear, the reason this seems unpleasant is because of this feeling of not wanting to do it, and for no other reason!