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Buddhism1.) The First Noble Truth - "Dukkha"A.) The First Noble Truth seems to be an intrinsic understanding that every last(predicate)things argon impermanent. This impermanence causes us to feel frustrated when wecant hold on to people or things we think we need. This need helps us feelwanted and/or important.Dukkha can also be described as the suffering we experience and see inour lives. Unpleasant conditions such as being sick, seeing our love ones getsick and die, getting aggravated over things our children do, losing a job, etc.cause us to experience Dukkha. The Buddha felt that this suffering was broughton by our fond regard to people and things. Only by drug withdrawal and selfless actscan we become free from the unpleasantness of Dukkha.     Another aspect of Dukkha deals with the belief in the           importance of oneself. The Five Aggregates are the foundation of this aspect.The "I" saying & quotI" creates the illusion of "I" which consists of matter,sensations, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness. These five itemsproduce the compound being that experiences Dukkha.B.) I Believe I obligate significance to things or events that arent intentionallyproducing Dukkha. Im leaving my house to go to work and I happen to leave acouple of minutes late well-read that there is a possibility that I might be late.As Im driving someone pulls in front of me and is maybe doing the speed limit.I right off go into reaction mode. This is where I have to realize that theperson in front of me is not intentionally trying to make me late for work. (notuntil I ratty my highbeams or honk my horn)Looking at situations objectively and being more proactive can helpus deal with Dukkha better. I believe the Buddha mum that "DukkhaHappens" so its how we deal with it that can cause the frustration, sadness, andsuffering.C.) I have mixed feelings on the concept of D ukkha. Specifically with theelement of detachment.I agree with the appraisal of detachment from material things but I dont      agreewhen it comes to people. Although I believe material things      come and go withmemories of them fading as time goes on, I feel as      people come and gothrough our lives, the memories of attachment stay      with us embedded in ourhearts as well as in our mind. (Darshana ?)The idea of everything being an illusion or Maya is tough toconceptualize. I do believe we are the thinker behind the thought. The "I"creates the illusion of who we are and how we behave.