Breaking Free from the Illusions of the Mind: Why Believing Your Thoughts Leads to Suffering and Disappointment

Thoughts are fleeting impressions, born out of the mind's endless engagement with memory, imagination, and interpretation. They are like clouds passing through the sky—transient, insubstantial, and often misleading. Yet, many of us grant them the power of truth, believing thought as though it holds some undeniable reality about ourselves, others, or the world.

3 min read image Meister Eckhart

Suffering is a Way to think — Pain is part of existence, suffering is optional — The Painbody — Identification with thoughts — The Wise Path

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Hupa (1923) by Edward Curtis —

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