Why You Suffer: The Prison Was Never Real

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Hunters in the jungle catch monkeys with nothing but a jar and some fruit. The monkey's hand fits inside — but its fist, gripping the fruit, cannot pull back out. It sees the hunter approaching. It knows it is in danger. All it has to do is let go. But it won't. And that is exactly how you live. This video is not about monkeys. The prison you suffer in was never real. It appeared the moment the thought of ownership appeared — "my life," "my pain," "my story." Every "my" is another link in a chain you built yourself. Existence has never wounded anyone. The wound is the one who says "this existence belongs to me." You are not the body. You are not the mind. You are not the passing emotions. You are the self-aware reality — the substratum on which everything appears, including suffering it