Know where you are vulnerable to suffering. Suffering covers a range of meanings including

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1. Abuse, addictions, anger, anxiety, blame, burn-out, corrruption, despair, distress, fear, hardship, jealousy, loneliness, pain, pressure, stress and more.

2. Conflict, confrontation, corruption, demands, disputes, hostility, intolerance, prejudice, rows, tension, violence and war.

3. Homophobia, racism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and more.

4. Identification with views harming people, animals and the environment.

5. Thoughts and acts of self-harm, self-hate and lack of self-worth.

6. Clinging and holding onto what we have. Neediness. Making demands on ourselves and others.

7. Fear of losing what we have.

8. Being separated from who or what we hold onto.

9. Inflaming issues including body, feelings, perceptions, formations of the mind and consciousness.

10. Unable to stay steady with rejection, failure, separation, loss, blame, sickness and physical pain