Do not suffer on your way to success

It's amazing how many people suffer today despite the fact that many of us, particularly those who are reading this piece, have no trouble meeting our fundamental necessities. In ancient times, the main source of pain was a lack of food and shelter; yet, nowadays, we suffer despite the fact that these necessities are not difficult to come by for the majority of us.

As a result, I feel that nowadays, in addition to physical misery, a huge amount of suffering is self-created, as we are the primary cause of our own issues and difficulties. In this essay, I'll go through four of the reasons why we suffer from depression.

The majority of us suffer as a result of our desire for things that do not bring worth to our lives. We have a roof over our heads and enough money to pursue our passion, yet we are surprised to discover that we are depressed because we do not have certain luxuries that bring no value to our lives.

The media, via films, music, and ads, has misled us into believing that our pleasure is determined by the number of possessions we have in our possession. As a result of this deception, individuals who have enough money to be wealthier than half of the world's population have been led to feel that their lives are insufficient just because they do not own the pleasures enjoyed by the affluent and famous.

Mental diseases such as sadness and anxiety have resulted as a consequence of this sense of inadequacy, resulting in significant suffering. Furthermore, we fail to see that we do not need to be concerned about owning fancy stuff since the only thing we need to do is work hard, and the rest will take care of itself.

Another aspect that contributes to our misery is our tendency to get too attached to transient things, such as our worldly belongings. Because we like our material goods, the majority of us have developed strong emotional attachments to them. We lose sight of the truth that these things are just transitory in nature. Consider that they are susceptible to theft or destruction, and as a result, we may lose them at any moment.

We are blissfully unaware of the reality that connecting ourselves with our goods assures that we suffer as a result of this identification. For example, you may not recognize that the aggravation you feel after losing your phone is caused by the fact that you have been associated with the device.

We must thus let go of our ties to transient objects and only identify ourselves with divine knowledge, which is a permanent source of prosperity and pleasure that will never go away.

The majority of us feel that we are only physical creatures with no significance on this planet. The fact that we are spiritual beings inhabiting human bodies and that we are gods because the divine wisdom resides within us is something we fail to recognize. We are unaware that the divine intellect inside us plays a role in allowing our bodies to accomplish physical tasks such as digestion, breathing, and blood circulation, all of which we take for granted.

As long as we keep in mind that we are all endowed with divine wisdom, we will never suffer from our difficulties because we will know that we have the ability to overcome any difficulties that life throws at us. Furthermore, this understanding assures that we are free of pain since it leads us to recognize that we possess sufficient wisdom in life to cope with our current situations.

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