Suffering and its understanding starts at home

Note added to yesterday's post:

To put matters in reverse: If we do not understand the reason for our own suffering - then we cannot understand the reason for another person's suffering.

This applies both for suffering in general, and for specific sufferings; it applies for ourselves as individuals, and for the groups of which we are members.

If we really want to understand the meaning and purpose of suffering; we must start at home.