The Way of Pain
You’re on fire. Awakening is not easy or painless. Transformation is never easy. You must first burn to ashes to become a phoenix. ~Peter
The Way of Pain
Excerpt from Halfway up the Mountain: The Error of Premature Claims to Enlightenment (pgs. 448-454) by Mariana Caplan
The Sanskrit word saha means “to endure, to go patiently through hardships without rebelling.”1 The process of disillusionment is an unquestionably painful process at times. Genuine spiritual life has never been popular, and never will be, because most people are unwilling to open to and accept pain.
Reggie Ray says that the first time he ever heard his teacher talk, Trungpa Rinpoche spoke about suffering. “He was the first person I ever heard who acknowledged how bad things really are. And I thought to myself, ‘That’s it! That’s what I want! I want to find out what is going on here and to explore it.'” According to Ray, their tradition places a great emphasis on the Buddha’s first noble truth that life is suffering not because anyone wants…
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Hello, I have been reading through your various blog entries. I was curious if you could give me some more advise on the awakening process and keys to awakening all chakras? Your entries have been vary informative, thank you.
Thanks for the comment. It’s a good question, I’ll try to do a post on it soon.