It’s not
impermanence per se, or even knowing we’re going to die, that is the
cause of our suffering, the Buddha taught. Rather, it’s our resistance
to the fundamental uncertainty of our situation. Our discomfort arises
from all of our efforts to put ground under our feet, to realize our
dream of constant okayness.
When we
resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go
and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of
our situation and relax into its dynamic quality, that’s called
enlightenment, or awakening to our true nature, to our fundamental
goodness. Another word for that is freedom—freedom from struggling
against the fundamental ambiguity of being human.
~ Pema Chodron
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