On Suffering
Man, is there no difference
Between Real hardship
And the Ruminations of the Mind
Can one exist without the other?
For if there is no Mind given
Is the Real even Hard?
I suppose you could say
Hardship cannot exist without Mind
But the Event can exist without Attention
But you see,
Attention can be turned off in an Instant
Imagine in Sleep
Or Hallucination
Or Death
But the Event cannot be simply turned Off
So is one Worse?
Perhaps it is the Question itself that is Skewed.
Hardship cannot exist without Mind
Because it is a Creation of the Mind
But an Event can exist without Mind
At that point it is not Hardship
But simply an occurrence
Being without Pain
Just Is
So is one worse?
Physical Hunger cannot be turned off Simply by wishing it so
A lack is a lack
But Rumination can be changed in an instant
So perhaps then, Real Pain in the senses is by far Worse than Mind Pain
When experienced
Because you cannot just click the Off Switch
On debt
Good knows I’ve tried