metonymy4u

what i learned at tonight’s sitting was that difficulty can be a road to myself. so that when i notice something i don’t like, i’m simultaneously learning about what i do like. dis-satisfaction, strangely, leading to enlightenment. suddenly, the road to disaster and ruin was also filled with discovery. likewise, i realized that if my arm hurts, i might also notice that my foot does not hurt. it was amazing to me this evening how both of those could be true at the same time. i suspect much of what we call suffering is actually a process of forgetting. forgetting what else is also true, in the moment of pain.