SUFFERING...
The root of all suffering lies in one's mental attachment to things, not in the things themselves. What matters, and what you need to reflect on to become free of suffering, is your attachment to what you have.
We form attachments at the sensory level, through neuroplasticity.
Wherever attention is placed, neurons fire and wire together, forming a program that tends toward a pattern.
This is what the mind is—a continuous pattern of neurons firing. Years and years of similar stimuli and triggers run the same program of response.
We become free from attachments by not judging.
Not judging any sensation as good or bad stops the neurons from firing in their familiar pattern. The neurons then have no choice but to redirect and create a new pathway. This pathway leads away from the trigger that causes the suffering of the old attachment.
The next time you feel you are suffering in your reality, go inwards. Ask yourself, what am I attached to in this moment? What pattern am I recreating? Can I let it go? Can I not judge the stimulus as good or bad and let it be?
Much Love, Hazel Ray xx
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