The Nature Of Our Suffering

It's the nature of our suffering - existing and yet having no intrinsic existence of its own. Suffering is wholly dependent on the constant arising of thought to maintain its home within the mind. To suffer is to linger within the aftereffects of pain and trauma. Real, and still but a ghost in its reality. The way through suffering, is through suffering - awakening at once to the subtle truth beneath it and stepping through to travel home.

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Distance running often presents a long stretch of discomfort- yet too it is a meditation on the nature of what it is to suffer. Allow, accept, and befriend each moment at hand in the capacity of what we are able too - no more. Explore the boundaries of where pain ends and suffering begins. What thoughts are held on too? What thoughts released? Perhaps our suffering is not as solid as it seems. Allow each step to find its answer.
 

Peace,
Eric