The Cause of Suffering

The source of all suffering is the selfish notions of the small self. The great self has no feeling of being great, and that is precisely why it is great. The small self always has the feeling and notion of "me," and that is precisely why it is small.

The heavier the sense of "I" in one's mind, the smaller one becomes. Some people have such a heavy small self that they want the whole world to revolve around themselves; as a result, they encounter obstructions everywhere and suffer endlessly.