How can we escape from this triple suffering – the suffering of body, mind, and ego? Is it possible? Yes, it is. Who suffers? First of all, it is the body. The body experiences pain of all kinds. It may be a simple hurt or a disease that makes us suffer beyond what we can bear. However, the world today has medicine and cure for all kinds of physical pain. But the one who thinks he is the body, suffers, rather than choosing to fight the pain. If not simple paracetamols, there are advanced treatments that use opioids and even anaesthesia so that one can be relieved from physical pain.
But how can we escape from the misery of the mind? The mind jumps to a thought of the past and makes us regret. The very next moment, it jumps to the future and makes us fear and live with stress, worry, and anxiety. It doesn't seem to stop. Even when we sleep, the mind dreams and we jump out of our bed, after a disturbing nightmare.
To add to the misery of the mind is the agony of the ego. It continuously says, 'I', 'me', and 'mine', and this ignorance makes us live with anger when our expectations are not met. We hate people and take revenge because we don't realize the Truth. We can escape from all this misery if we realize we are not the body, the mind, the ego that suffers. This realization can liberate us from all suffering.