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Suffering is a broken wheel 🛞

Suffering is a broken wheel 🛞

Now we’re rollin’

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Nick Sherman
Jan 14, 2025
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Suffering is a broken wheel 🛞
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1. Life is Suffering. *takes drag on a cigarette*

If we take the statement at face value it’s like a party trick maxim. Just something to address the pain of the moment. Fair enough.

But is the interpretation 100% true and real?

There are plenty of happy joyful meaningful moments in life, aren’t there?

Vervaeke says we misunderstand the statement, and all…

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