Human suffering is caused by consciousness functions that humans have evolved to survive.
3 core causes of human suffering
1. Mind Theory Intelligence:
Human mind theory intelligence, obtained since Homo sapiens, which emerged about 180,000 years ago, means the insight intelligence and sympathetic intelligence of human being that humans need for mutual cooperation to form a society. Like Jacques Lacan said, the side effects of this factor make humans desire the desires of others.
2. Context Memory Intelligence:
In addition, the context memory system, with which humans respond to risks as quickly as possible and find the first necessary information to escape from crisis, is also the cause of extremely sensitive development of emotions, which are the cause of human pains. Sensitive emotions that are continuously changing shake our hearts and bother us to make human unstable and unsettled.
3. Doubts and negative thinking methods:
Human suspicion and negative attitudes are cognitive tendencies to avoid probable dangers from the threats of predators and enemies everywhere. Seeing a snake-like figure faintly visible in the dark and avoiding it is a pre-risk prevention instinct to protect human life, even if it is actually a rotten rope. It causes anxiety and doubts about others. It makes our minds drift all the time.
I came to learn about the fallacy of Heart Sutra(Prajñā-Paramitā) from scholar monk with in-depth knowledge.
He said that the content of Heart Sutra that contradicts Buddha's words to solve suffering and the path to the cessation of suffering (Second Noble Truth of Four Noble Truth, Samudaya - the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering and the path to the cessation of suffering.).
However, Buddha only told the truth that ignorance or delusion was the cause of pain, but he did not say that you can get out of the pain even a little bit only when you understand the cause.
There are also interesting explanations of cognitive-intelligence linked to emotions based on human senses.
There is a psychological phenomenon called Proust Effect. Marcel, the main character of world-renowned author Proust's work "In Search of Lost Time," recalls the forgotten his childhood memories after smelling madeleines soaked in black tea. For reference, every space has its own smell, which you can't realize when you're used to it, but if you can't smell it for long time, once you smell the unique smell again, memories of that time become clear to you.
"Small Poems"(小艶詩)".
"So-ok! So-ok!" She keeps loudly speaking it, but I hope that Danrang (Anroksan) knows her voice, not because she has something to do. (只要檀郞認得聲)”
King Hyeonjong of the Tang Dynasty loved his concubine, Yang Guifei. But Yang Guifei had a lover named Annoksan.
When King Hyeonjong leaves the palace, Yang Guifei keeps calling So-ok, the name of her servant, "So-ok~ So-ok~" without anything to do.
The real reason Yang Guifei called So-ok is not because she has something to do with her servant So-ok.
It is just a sound to inform his lover, Annoksan, that there is no King Hyeonjong in palace.
Annoksan, who was outside the wall, hears this sound and responds immediately.
As such, it is only a code that is deeply embedded under the apparent "sound" of "so-ok."
I have studied to understand the ignorance of human, that is, illusion.
Kundalini has been awakened in me and I experienced a sense of transcendence, and keep studying the truth by being guided by something else.
However, I, who has originally dull, emotional, and superficial inclination, seem to find it difficult to reach the truth.
I had hoped for a superpower such as a mysterious ability-predictive ability or healing ability, but I found it to be an illusion.
I think I should just be grateful for keeping my body healthier and the peace of my mind bigger and stronger.
Paul Koo 2023.03.14