Definition: Suffering

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Revision: 13 Jul 2025

Suffering

Painful dissatisfaction with unreality.
The absence of wellbeing.
The inevitable consequence of believing in separation.
The inevitable consequence of believing in unreality.
The inevitable consequence of forgetting Divinity/God/Source.
The inevitable consequence of forgetting THE SUPREME.
The inevitable consequence of forgetting that Divinity/God/Source is YOU.
The inevitable consequence of forgetting that THE SUPREME is YOU.
The inevitable consequence of denying or rejecting Divinity/God/Source.
The inevitable consequence of denying or rejecting THE SUPREME.
The inevitable consequence of identification, which is believing in being other than THE SUPREME.
The inevitable consequence of attempting to exclude anyone or anything from Divinity/God/Source.
A sign of attempting to deny or reject THAT which YOU are.
A sign of attempting to disown THAT which YOU are.
A sign of delusion and ignorance.
A sign of nonsurrender of attachment.
A sign of nonsurrender of falsehood.
A sign of nonsurrender of the belief in separation.
The experience of suffering indicates that one is ready (albeit unconsciously) to transcend the present context in which separation is believed.
The collective experience of suffering indicates that the collective is ready (albeit unconsciously) to transcend the present context in which separation is believed.
To know what suffering is is to be liberated from the cycle of suffering.

Sayings:

“It is ego, and only ego, that suffers.”
“To live from the personality self is to suffer.”
“Until one has unhooked from suffering as a means and a path of learning, all forms of inner and outer guidance will lead one into situations that involve suffering.”