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Buddhism1.) The archetypical Noble Truth - "Dukkha"A.) The First Noble Truth seems to be an essential understanding that allthings are impermanent. This impermanence causes us to feel thwart when we adviset hold on to slew or things we think we need. This need helps us feelwanted and/or important.Dukkha can also be depict as the suffering we take in and see inour lives. Unpleasant conditions such(prenominal) as being sick, seeing our loved ones getsick and die, acquire 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 attachment to people and things. only if by detachment and selfless actscan we become free from the unpleasantness of Dukkha.      some other aspect of Dukkha deals with the belief in the           importance of oneself. The Five Aggregates are the fundament of this aspect.The "I" saying &qu otI" creates the illusion of "I" which consists of matter,sensations, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness. These cardinal itemsproduce the compound being that experiences Dukkha.B.) I Believe I put significance to things or events that arent intentionallyproducing Dukkha. Im leaving my house to go to locomote and I happen to leave acouple of minutes late(a) knowing that there is a possibility that I might be late.As Im driving someone pulls in front of me and is maybe doing the advance limit.I immediately go into reaction mode. This is where I have to suck in that theperson in front of me is not intentionally trying to collide with me late for work. (notuntil I flash my highbeams or honk my horn)Looking at situations objectively and being more proactive can helpus deal with Dukkha better. I hope the Buddha understood that "DukkhaHappens" so its how we deal with it that can cause the frustration, sadness, andsuffering.C.) I have mixed feeling s on the concept of Dukkha. specifically with theelement of detachment.I agree with the conceit of detachment from material things simply 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 insert 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.