So, this is a dumb question. But those are usually the kind of questions I ask.

The First Noble Truth is that suffering is an unavoidable part of life, right?

But then in the Metta verses we ask that all beings may be free from suffering.

My dualistic mind senses a conflict of reason. Is it truly possible to exist without suffering?

If so, then why hasn't anyone, even Buddha (for he did suffer early in life) succeeded?

If not, then why suppose that wishing someone to be free will ever make them free from something that one can never be free from in the first place?

Or am I missing the point entirely. Do I need to "take a sit?"

gassho
Greg