There's a confusion which pervades our world right now and it is causing a lot of suffering. Someone recently asked me to talk about why people feel bad but cannot understand why. They can’t quite put their finger on it and, as a result, can’t fix it. I suppose the word here that would be good to address is “ confusion”

It's a great question with seems like it might have a complicated answer but really it is simpler than you might think. There is one reason we feel an emotion and that is because of where our thoughts and attention are in any moment. And the biggest misunderstanding which is causing most human suffering is the that we don't know the above and are confused about where our feelings are coming from. So there is nothing to fix and we are trying to fix it which of course creates stress.

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