1. People are miserable
2. People refuse to accept the source of this misery being in their own perception, and consequently project it into the world
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3. People start to ‘fix’ the world through their still flawed perception, and in doing so do nothing but disturb the natural processes in the world and create further disharmony
4. Nobody feels any less miserable and the cycle continues, ever increasing the damage inflicted
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5. The cycle goes on, until people realize the source of their misery was always within them, never in the world around them (this is extremely rare)
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Adapting the first noble truth: "This [that you imagine the world to be] is suffering."
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