A local artist asked friends to select a cutting tool which represented a painful experience. However, though I searched, I was unable to find anything.I realized why. Many fantasize about going to an enlightened teacher, imagining that he or she will dispense illumination. It isn't like that. An authentic teacher forces a seeker to own the darkness within and withdraw projections.
The greatest pain in my life has been acknowledging that I am the one creating the depression, the anger, the frustration. This is why I couldn't find a knife.
Instead I found a mirror.
