Hello again and welcome back to another Expand podcast with yours truly Elizabeth April.

Today I want to talk all about escaping and suffering.

It is a vicious cycle that we as human beings always get trapped within.

Suffering, escaping, suffering, escaping.

And the problem is, there's many problems, but one of the big ones is

the more that we react to the suffering, the more suffering is created, the more escaping

is needed, and then we start reacting to the escaping.

More suffering is created, more escaping is needed.

And I've talked in brief in other videos and podcasts

about escaping is natural, it's totally okay, don't hate yourself for it. But let's just deep dive

a little bit further. What are we escaping from? What is the thing? What starts this cycle? Is it your job?

Is it the food that you're consuming? Is it your relationship? Is it the state of the world?

Is it the fact that you're an empath? Is it your inability to stand up for yourself? What is creating the suffering, which is

moving you into escaping? I want to tell you right now that it has nothing to do with your physical

reality. Your suffering has nothing to do with your physical reality. Your suffering has nothing to do with your physical reality. Every single

element of your suffering has to do with your mind. What are you thinking about? How are you

perceiving those thoughts? What are the memories that you've had? How have those

traumatized you or lifted you, elevated you? Every single element of this entire reality, every single

element of your entire life can be broken down into binary, into duality, into polarity. There is a bright side

and a dark side of everything. For example, I love my coffee in the mornings, but my coffee can be

hot and sometimes it burns my tongue and then I can't taste for the rest of the day.

That sucks.

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