Ask anyone what they think of when they hear the words: "Human Suffering." Invariably, the responses will be "Oh, those poor people in (fill in the blank) of either A) Africa, B) Mexico, or C) India." It is usually delivered with a furrowed brow at how tragic the lives of those people are in countries they have either never visited... or went there once on safari or some other vacation. There is in our society, far and wide, zero comprehension of what suffering truly is. Because you will never hear someone actually respond with the answer of, themselves.

This show and topic is perhaps the most crucial and relevant not only of this project, but let it be clearly said: it is the most important topic of our modern world. The definition of modern human suffering is at the very nucleus of every other major issue we are contending with as a culture, and, in ourselves. We have mixed together pain and suffering into one disastrous cocktail, and they must both be clearly discerned, identified and understood. This theme has come to define our lives in the 21st century; yet no one has ever been so audacious as to claim that a cure for human suffering exists.... until now. I have said it before: The Buddha only went half way. = Life is NOT suffering. It is neither inevitable or necessary. As shocking and unprecedented as it is to say, I am now joyously saying it: there IS another way for the human condition. !Welcome to it!

Because ultimately: You cannot awaken what you don’t know is asleep.

Discussing: http://generationinstantgratification.com/this-is-for-you/

Music: Me’shell Ndegeocello, Three Days Grace, The Bravery, and Oumou Sangare.