The Cause of Suffering Right Now
Episode S9 · Ep 503 19 min 53s

The Cause of Suffering Right Now

What causes suffering? An ancient question with an ancient answer, and surprisingly, it’s not the hard things in life. It’s the way we think about them. It’s not the ridiculous amount of work on my plate or the unfair judge that causes suffering. It’s not the impossible partner or the associate who’s always late. It’s not even the scary diagnosis, or the fact that we’ll all get a scary diagnosis some day. It’s the way we push back, internally, against it all – or the way I do, anyway. T...

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