Tolerating Sensations VS Diminishing them

I was wondering something. Basically, I was wondering whether sensations, such as suffering: (1) naturally occur within the person, as pleasure and pain, or happiness and suffering, and it is their *exacerbation* which people call, for example, suffering. So, a person in mundane life experiences a plethora of sensations which, when a single feeling dominates, becomes joy, suffering, etc. Here, suffering and sensations *always* exist. or (2) involve an underlying neutrality which is the absence of sensation, and experiencing suffering or happiness generates a corresponding feeling. Here, suffering and sensations *cease*. So, (1) implies a variety of different and co-existing sensations, while (2) implies a neutral basis wherein sensations arise and dissipate. ---------- This might seem like a metaphysical or trivial question, but I think its quite significant. In (1), diminishing suffering might involve tolerating its presence, more and more. In (2), the ideal is neutrality, and suffering is diminished by elimination. So, I think this question wonders whether Buddhism advocates (1) the *existence* of sensations and phenomena, positive or negative or neutral, but the equanimity *towards* them. Or, does it advocate (2), the equanimity towards sensations as in their diminution, and the return towards neutrality? Does Buddhism *experience* suffering with tolerance, or *diminish* suffering by elimination? Thank you.