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Let us try to reconcile the two ends of the continuum between suffering and the end of suffering. See if you can get a feeling for the end of suffering in the midst of suffering. Notice your investment in the emotional narrative that accompanies the pain. Do the angst and fear continue when the narrative ceases? Is it possible that suffering is induced through your internal language with its emotional overtone? How distant is suffering from its end when the only difference is the words and accompanying emotions that you impart that creates the suffering?