There was a time in my life that “if it felt good, it WAS good, and if it felt bad, it WAS bad.” I guess I was living like a member of another species! What I’ve learned over time is what feels bad is sometimes good, and what feels good is sometimes bad. This puts a whole new spin on things. Now I have to discern what’s actually happening, regardless of how it feels. This is probably what Pema Chodron, the great Buddhist nun, means when she says “lean into the sharp object

To prevent unnecessary suffering we have to be awake. We think we know what we need, so we hold on for dear ego life and use a variety of mechanisms to try to prevent awakening. Why? Because awakening challenges existing beliefs. This is known as “resistance,” and it causes a boat load of suffering. None of us is immune to thinking we know. The mind becomes the terrible master and easily forgets it is only a servant. A servant of what? Of Divine Intelligence that goes b