Luxury…Deception…Personal and social agreements. Inside the reign, deep into the palace, a clear separation between nobles and slaves. All of them creatures of love. All of them human beings. All of them experiencing two sides of a shared environment, where the exploration and cultivation of suffering are established. The treatment of a human being like a disposable thing is seen as a normal and required behaviour, a trace of education within the secrecy of a self-named superior race, versus a slave labour whom must know his/her place. Shakyamuni Buddha has recognised such difference, leaving the palace in the search for understanding suffering, the central piece of the puzzle about human evolution, and the characterisation of the aforementioned behaviour. The moment we realise we still have traces of slavery within our current education system and society, in a similar way observed more than 2500 years ago, it is the moment we understand why the understanding of suffering and its exploration are two sides of the same coin.


Our ancestors have lived the deep cruelty of slavery, being considered disposable objects in the hands of persons experiencing periods of suffering. The observed suffering of the ones who have self-named superior race were materialised into the atrocities against human beings, a game play that a small and selected group has appreciation for. The more we try to understand the needs of slavery, and the purpose of such awful practise, the more we realise how and why we still have traces of slavery deep into our current society. However, as a prohibited practise, the same ideals and goals have been segmented under the domain of different names, different conditioned behaviours, different protocols, and social conventions that must be followed.


If we hear the following sentences: (a) “Everyone must know his/her place!”; or (b) “We are the same!”; what do we think we are talking about? It would depend on the context and situation, where responsibilities are established. Hierarchy may be imposed, the feeling of superiority may be established, the rights and duties defined, but how about the human being that occupies different positions, with different social status, and different expected behaviours?


Expectation is a central part of suffering, an understanding all Buddhas from all time have realised as part of their path towards enlightenment. By understanding Buddha’s teachings, we are able to realise expectation can be characterised by a desire for something we have no control about. The powerless property associated with something we cannot control implies the understanding of suffering, enhancing the one we have full control about: ourselves. In the exploration of suffering, otherwise, exercising control is a game to play, where the expectations change during the grasp of a strong desire the unconscious mind urges to possess.


Have you asked yourself: Where is your place? What does freedom mean in your perspective and relativity? How conscious are you about the environment and everything in the surroundings? My recommendation is to find a place where you could be observing, reasoning, and understanding the aforementioned questions and the associated answers you are about to face. Keep such answers in the privacy of your inaccessible thoughts, which means, do not think about it out and loud.


Kindness, compassion, and love are deep inside our nature. The more we exercise them, the more they flourish through our live vessel and mind. In the deepest darkness, the one you are facing alone, remember one important thing: I am not you, and you are not me, which is where everything begins.


Namaste 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓



Written by Jeferson Souza (thejefecomp).


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