The Cause of All Suffering...

Usually, we search for understanding because we believe that it will lead to true experience. We try to understand every experience that is brought to us, and then we have our little mental niches where we put the experience.

This is one example of how the great power of the mind leads our lives. But when it comes to the recognition of truth, the mind is not equipped to lead. It is exquisitely equipped to discover or to follow, but not to lead.

The mind is not the enemy; there is nothing wrong with it. The tragedy is that we believe the conclusions of the mind to be reality.

This is a huge tragedy, responsible for both mundane suffering and the most profound suffering, individually and collectively.


~ From: The Diamond In Your Pocket, by Gangaji