Tricycle Daily Dharma April 25, 2013

You Are Not Your Pain You can’t go preventing pleasure and pain, you can’t keep the mind from labeling things and forming thoughts, but you can put these things to a new use. If the mind labels a pain, saying, 'I hurt,' you have to examine the label carefully, contemplate it until you see that it’s wrong: the pain isn’t really yours. It’s simply a sensation that arises and passes away, that’s all.   - Upasika Kee Nanayon, "Tough Teachings To Ease The Mind"