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— Discomfort as a Gate —

At some point this weekend, you will likely encounter discomfort. Maybe physical, maybe emotional. Maybe you’ll want to withdraw, to rest, to tune out.

That’s natural. But I want you to remember something: discomfort is not punishment. It’s purification.

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In Zen, there’s a saying: When you point at another, three fingers point back at you. What you see in others - especially what triggers or disgusts you - is often an unrecognized fragment of yourself. Judgment reveals where you are still asleep. Every time you condemn another, you are projecting a shadow you have not yet integrated. The moment you... See more

When you don’t know that you are the Tao, you start looking for completion outside yourself. You tell yourself, “If I could just get this job, this relationship, this recognition, then I’d be at peace.” But no matter what you get, the sense of lack remains, because the one who is craving is built on lack. The ego is like a hungry ghost in Buddhist... See more