Embracing Difficulty
It is in the midst of difficult moments that we can see our mind's true colors.
Because it is in moments of difficulty that our mind's conditioning is most severely triggered.
Moments of difficulty then are an opportunity.
they are an opportunity to understand our minds more clearly.
And they are an opportunity to free ourselves from the prison of our minds' conditioning.
But in order to do so, we must embrace difficulty when it arises.
If we resist difficulty, we will understand nothing.
And worse, we will reinforce our mind's conditioning to reject the truth and avoid discomfort and pain.
Embracing difficulty is not really something we need to do.
Awareness of what is happening is enough.
If we are aware of what is, without fighting against what is, our suffering will dissolve.
And the truth of our mind's conditioning will reveal itself when it is ready to.
The pain and discomfort may still be there. But that too will pass if we embrace it lovingly.