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Sufferings: Human Realm

• Human life is a stream of suffering: birth, old age (ageing), sickness, death.
• See human suffering. This is the closest thing we can relate to.

• Birth: We have to remain in womb. It is dark. All the sense organs have sensation of suffering.
• When we take birth from womb, we experience limitless suffering.
• We don’t remember because our mind is obscured.

• Sickness: Carry illness on path when you are sick. Take illness upon yourself, so others don’t have to.
• Meditate on kindness of others. Don’t become more selfish.
• The negative emotions abiding in our minds, they are the source of disease, discomforts, difficulties.

• Death: Dissolution of elements creates mental experience of agony.
• They lose their strength. They cannot lift up their hands. They lose heat, even if they use blanket.
• Sense consciousness dissolves, sense organs stop functioning. They cannot make sense of words. They cannot recognize. Mind becomes hazy. They cannot feel heat or cold.

• Suffering of uncertainty
• Suffering of meeting enemies
• Suffering of separation from loved ones