topic: [[Feeling]] people: #people/buddha created: 2023-04-27 “Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional” This reminds me of [[Identifying Reality]] as a way of understanding which is the first and which is the second arrow It's kind of like [[Neither your disappointment nor your anger was caused by the rain]] This is a buddhist concept about trying to separate your reaction from the event. This matters because [[it happens regardless of how you feel about it]], why suffer more than you have to? ##### What would the opposite argument be? Being human is reacting, it is normal, that is one side of reality. Do you really want to remove your feelings? tags: #note/idea | #on/suffering | #on/reaction ##### Sources: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/the-second-arrow-of-suffering-2640bf239694