Originally Posted by
doorknob 
Can you describe the pain?
And... I'm not convinced that life has to have a point. In fact, I don't think it does.
I can describe it because I have experienced it. It is the pain of being consciously separated from the whole (you can define the whole however you like).
It is the suffering of resisting what is.
It is the dull ache of unconsciousness. It is feeling empty even when I feel good. It is the pain of not having a purpose in life.
Irish is right. The problem is within and the solution is within. You run from the problem, you run from the solution. The pain does not originate from without and you won't find the solution out there either. In fact the more you resist and the more you try to avoid it or fix it, the more you suffer.