Episode 4:

GP created an exercise that is quite powerful. it reveals that all of human suffering lies in the interpretation we give to events and not the events themselves.

In fact, we have become so hypnotized by this idea that we really believe that our interpretation of an event IS the event. We don't recognize that the event happens first and then a story forms about it based on memory, experience, context and a 100 other factors.

None of those other 100 factors have anything to do with the actual event.

So try this simple exercise. When something happens and you experience a sense of discomfort or suffering about it, look at the thoughts you are having about the event and ask "What if that thought never occurred to me? Would I still be suffering?"