Ending the Inheritance of Suffering

 On the surface, some lives appear calm, even whole.

Yet no family is without its weight.

We look at others and think they are well,

but we do not see the unseen—

the quiet histories of tears and endurance carried within them.

Our parents, our grandparents,

and the generations before them

live on in us—

not only in memory,

but in the subtle layers of consciousness,

inherited as feeling, as pattern, as energy.

Often, we do not know what truly happened.

And yet, something remains—

a lingering sorrow,

an unspoken anger,

a quiet imbalance moving through the family line.

When we carry these within us,

they do not stay hidden.

In relationship, they are easily stirred,

rising without permission,

beyond the reach of control.

These forces move us.

They speak through us.

And when they fracture a relationship,

the wound can be difficult to mend.

From that fracture, suffering extends—

echoing, repeating.

This is why suffering feels endless.

There is no single answer that can resolve it completely.

This is the truth.

We may search for something to hold onto—

a belief, a path, a place to escape—

thinking that somewhere, somehow,

we will finally be free.

But wherever we go,

we meet ourselves again.

Every family carries this inheritance.

Every person bears a part of it.

To truly learn from the field of family

is to begin here—

to see clearly that we are carrying these wounds.

From this seeing,

a quiet understanding emerges.

And in that understanding,

a space appears—

a distance between ourselves

and the obstacles within us.

This distance is what begins to end

the endless pattern of human suffering.

There is no final answer.

No perfect state.

No awakening that permanently removes all pain.

The idea that there is

is itself an illusion—

a story we tell to comfort ourselves.

What is real

is the direct seeing of suffering—

the willingness to understand it completely.

Only then

can we stand apart from it.

And here,

our attitude matters.

To see clearly the movement of suffering—

this is the heart of it.

Because within us,

there is imbalance,

there is anger—

and from these,

reaction arises.

And once we react,

the pattern begins again.

Without awareness,

we recreate suffering effortlessly,

continuing the cycle

without even knowing.

A simple moment—

a word of criticism,

an unmet expectation—

and something in us tightens.

Anger appears.

Imbalance takes hold.

But it does not end there.

From that imbalance,

we begin to act—

to harm, to accuse, to defend,

to turn against others,

or against ourselves.

And so the pattern deepens.

The essential question is not

how to stop it by force—

but this:

In the very moment these reactions arise,

can we see them?

That seeing—

is the truth.

 

Suzhen Liu

If you enjoy Suzhen Liu’s writings, please check out her new book, “Discover Love Within—Release Your Suffering” available on Amazon.

 https://www.amazon.com/Discover-Love-Within-Release-Suffering/dp/0999251732

 

Did God ask you to sit down and listen?

 First know your Self; 

leave alone the idea of teaching others. 

If the world and its people 

remain after your realisation, 

you may teach them.

Sri Ramana Maharshi

When Awakening happened and a change in career was in order I thought to myself that as a trained presenter I could always give talks on spirituality instead. God came to me and said, nothing wrong with your plan but why don’t you sit down right now and listen instead? 

There is nothing wrong with sitting down and listening, but when you spend all day writing and presenting you don’t have the time to face the loneliness and emptiness inside. It’s not fun to go there! Yet, God is kind and fair, you only have to go on this deep dive a few times; afterwards it becomes natural. 

Along the Awakening quest everyone is bound to reach an unmovable object. The obstacle cannot be moved. It’s the purpose of the interference to show that the “body, mind, world matrix” cannot be cracked from the outside; you have to discover its fluidity from the inside. “You” are the energy displaying life as is!

This Moment

 Beauty passes—

already leaving.

Rest in its change.

The moment you try to keep it,

trouble begins.

What you call darkness

follows the same way.

 

Suzhen Liu

 

Healing in a flash

 How do we still our thinking and how do we face life and each other without any preconceived notions? The problem is that we carry our memories, fears and aspirations with us; our past lifetime impressions, and the experiences of prior generations and humanity overall. We are simply biased when we engage with life and often mistakenly perceive what we want or fear. How to let go of this interference that is buried deep in our subconscious?

Suzhen Liu told a curious case when a desperate father approached her. His son had a life-threatening disease and a risky operation was ahead. She recommended a family energy session. The sick child and his father joined her at a place up in the mountains. As the father was bowing to the interferences that rested on the family’s collective shoulder, he put so much determination into the last bow that a massive energy got released from the sky. Suzhen Liu remarked that she had never experienced a bolt of energy as strong as that flash.

The boy’s surgeon had said that without the operation he had one month to live, but that the side-effects of that dangerous operation could include paralysis and permanent brain damage. The father was simply desperate and put “his whole self” into the last bow. All his hopes were placed on his family energy. When he bowed his action was wholehearted and pure. He simply let go of everything. In Suzhen Liu’s words, at this moment his “true face” was revealed. It turned out the operation was successful and there were no damaging side-effects to speak of.

Excerpts from a recent family energy seminar hosted by Suzhen Liu 

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The Fastest and Most Expansive Path to Joy

 Student:

In the past, I mistakenly believed that suppressing emotions was a form of spiritual practice, but it felt very conflicting inside. Now, through the teacher’s guidance, when emotions arise, there is a steady inner voice that lets me know I can simply be with them.

 

Teacher Suzhen:

This is also a process I went through when I was much younger. Because I had gone through it, I was able to develop practices such as meditation, emotional release, and working with family energy.

 

All of these are meant to give space to what originally exists within us—the so-called toxins or obstacles—the parts we are unwilling to let surface.

 

We must acknowledge, accept, and see these parts in order to become a whole human being, a whole life.

 

If we only suppress them, the force that builds up inside can become very strong—and even dangerous.

 

Because of this, I have observed that people who rely on suppression or mental reframing often develop issues, either in the body or in their mindset. This is also how these teachings began: to help these energies be seen.

 

When we are able to truly see, our capacity to hold expands—like a thermos that once held 500cc, now expanding to 10,000cc.

 

When our heart can contain what we call “negative energy,” there is no need to suppress it. We can simply be with it.

 

Like the vast sky, it does not need to eliminate you; it allows everything to exist simultaneously. In such a state, what is there left to suppress?

 

This is also where the idea of family energy begins. What we perceive as “bad” feelings are not inherently bad—they are inherited patterns of denial and resistance passed down over thousands of years.

 

These so-called negative energies are stored within us, creating tension in both body and mind. They prevent the heart from opening and are passed from one generation to the next.

 

When these “negative energies” are truly seen, and no longer labeled as negative, then all your problems cease to be problems. This is the fastest and most expansive way.

 

It is not about suppressing them, not about fighting them, and not about reaching some special state. What arises is something natural—something that must be experienced, step by step.

 

Suzhen Liu

 

If you enjoy Suzhen Liu’s writings, please check out her new book, “Discover Love Within—Release Your Suffering” available on Amazon.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Discover-Love-Within-Release-Suffering/dp/0999251732