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Ruiz has just explained that in adulthood, humans self-regulate their behavior according to society’s expectations by developing two inner voices called the Judge and the Victim. Here, he explains why the Judge and the Victim cause human existence to be full of suffering. The problem, for Ruiz, is that people are conditioned to spend their lives trying to meet society’s expectations, which means they try to be perfect versions of themselves that always act in ways that are acceptable by society—but humans aren’t perfect. We inevitably fall short. And every time a person fails to live up to their own…