Aversion to Pain Perpetuates Suffering
Excerpt from "Why Mindfulness Can Make Life More Painful," by Julianna Raye, MindBodyGreen, July, 10, 2013:
The more clearly you see how your aversion to pain perpetuates suffering, the more willing you are to experience it. If pain happens and you fight it, you just make matters worse. Or, if something painful is happening in your life, but you’re avoiding it, you render yourself unable to take effective action.
When I first started this path, all I wanted was relief. But mindfulness isn't simply palliative; it’s curative. Mindfulness reaches down to the very roots of suffering while keeping your feet firmly planted in the groundless.