# Awareness is suffering Created On: 04-15-2024 08:47 am Up:: [[Suffering (MOC)]] Tags:: #note/evergreen🌲 Topics:: [[Suffering (MOC)]] Related:: [[Everyone else is playing checkers but I'm playing chess]] --- If [[Ignorance is bliss]], then the inherent duality of that sentiment is that awareness is suffering. While we all suffer - [[Suffering is inherent]] - elevated awareness, whether of yourself, your surroundings, the political environment, your imperfect relationships, your mental health, social norms, and so much more, bring about perspectives that elevates suffering, like a sliding scale. What we elevate to our consciousness induces both conscious and subconscious responses upon us.