Myriam Ben Salem🦋
1 min readJul 29, 2022

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Astonishing thoughts, my friend! That's specifically why I love separating between "pain" and "suffering". I believe attachment, the story we tell ourselves, the distorted narrative we allocate to the event/thing/person is what transforms the former into the latter!

There is no way we don't experience pain. It's a constant and part of the human experience. Nonetheless, it doesn't have to become suffering. The quality of our subconscious program is responsible for what we would feel, it seems to me!

For instance, I am currently in deep pain. I lost one of my fur babies 2 days ago. What is pretty amazing about going through the most painful of all griefs (the Radical Acceptance one) along with reconnecting with my original center making my inner peace stable amid the most chaotic circumstances is that I got so familiar with the different stages and so comfortable with honoring all my legitimate emotions that I somehow swing between deep pain and the joy of still feeling her love! I like to think my baby was called for better missions! Nothing would ever legitimize murdering her cruelly (and I felt undescribable anger the first day) but I prefer letting karma do its job... I know in my heart the person will pay the price sooner or later...

Last but not least, I wrote an essay about suffering and the end of suffering a while ago. Let me know if you feel interested to read it and I'll share the link!

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Myriam Ben Salem🦋
Myriam Ben Salem🦋

Written by Myriam Ben Salem🦋

A fur Momma, animal lover & advocate, lifelong learner, storyteller, edutainer, and published author. I write personal stories and essays.

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