Suffering into Wisdom?
One of the ten basic Buddhist precepts goes like this: "I will transform suffering into wisdom. This is the practice of Not Being Angry. I will not harbor resentment, rage or revenge. I will roll all negative experience into my practice."
I am struggling with this right now.
The core of the precept is clear: I get why it's unhelpful to be angry and harbor resentment. But I don't understand how to transform suffering into wisdom. I don't want to carry baggage around with me -- I want to move forward in life. How does that square with rolling negative experience into my practice? Somehow I think there's more to it than just "learn from your mistakes."
For example, I don't want to repeat the mistakes I made in my past relationship. But I don't want to be cautious, suspicious and fearful either. I want to be joyful and open without being naive.
posted by virgomusic @ 3:27 PM
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I saw this diary at SP and what I wanted to tell you there, I will say here. I think we need to talk about this in Vegas. It is too much I think for typing out. I think I know exactly where you are going with this - or rather, where you need to go, but talking would be best. Oh, and speaking of being in this moment - see my blogpost from tonight! GMTA.
Thank you Christina -- I'm looking forward to meeting you in Vegas!
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