The Cause of Suffering from Projecting Unreal Expectations

The cause of suffering is having unreal expectations about how things should be. When we create an ideal in our heads and try to find or create it in real life, we set ourselves up for disappointment. The world, reality, and people are not obligated to meet our imagined standards. The forces of creation have shaped the world for billions of years, and every unfolding moment is an expression of reality, indifferent to our desires.

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