The Second Noble Truth is the cause of suffering. The cause of suffering is lust. The surrounding world effects sensation and begets a craving thirst that clamors for immediate satisfaction. The illusion of self originates and manifests itself in a cleaving to things. The desire to live for the enjoyment of self entangles us in a net of sorrows.
Pleasures are the bait and the result is pain.
The Third Noble Truth is the cessation of suffering. He who surrenders self will be free from lust. He no longer craves and the flames of desire find no material to feed upon, thus they are extinguished. The Fourth Noble Truth is the Middle Path that leads to the cessation of suffering. There is salvation for him whose self disappears before truth, whose will is bent on what he ought to do, whose sole desire is the performance of his duty.