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Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn
Suffering - illusion or not? Love, joy - Illusion or not?
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In philosophy 'real' means lasting -self sustaining . In that sense neither suffering not love/joy are real . Buddha has written lot on suffering like
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“Everything is Temporary,Everything is Unpleasant,
Everything is of its own Nature,
Everything is Void.”
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Lot of people deduce from this that life is suffering according to Buddha because every good thing is temporary with an end in suffering . But here people make misunderstanding Buddha and doing injustice to Him . He says everything is momentary (including even suffering) . So after suffering there can be happiness or even joy also and He does not deny happiness/joy in anyway.
Coming to transcending the rabit hole of 'suffering/joy' -
1. Have firm conviction that even Buddha say/mean life can be joy just like suffering.
2. In psychology negation simply does not work . If you want experience joy , genuinely believe life is a blessing , life experience is blissful and exciting , purify/sublimate thoughts , bring harmony in thoughts,speeches and actions, do small charitable acts slowly yet consistently (not turning blind eye to sufferings of others too is ok ) and firmly with conviction .
3. When your consciousness is steeped in all these all the time , it has no time for suffering and suffering shall vanish .