The Illusion of Pain
When an animal, for instance, experiences physical discomfort, there is no suffering, no pain — because there is no story that something should be different than it is. There is simply the experience of the physical discomfort. Humans, on the other hand, are another matter…
Who are you?
Who are you? Are you your weight? Are you your age? How about your height? Your body type? Your shoe size? The mole on your skin? Are you the shape of your nose?
Or is the truth of you something deeper?
“Enlightenment” is not what you think
There is no constant heightened state of bliss, no ideal. It doesn’t exist, and for anyone to imply that it does is bullshit. The mind, however, loves to seek this unending state of peace and bliss, and this keeps us trapped. Trapped in a cycle of suffering which we cannot escape by means of the mind which itself is the creator of the cycle. Trapped in hell.
