Stress is at the heart of most suffering, and many teachers today have begun to use “Stress” as the best translation of Dukkha. Stress is stressful not only because we resist it, but because we actually participate in its creation as well. Ironically, we may seek to ‘cure’ it by engaging in other activities that are themselves stressful. Or I may ruminate on stressful memories, or dwell on future activities that involve high stresses, like completing the to-do list.
But if we sit in the present moment and observe, we find there really is no stress inherently here. To be able to be in the present moment and observe our experience frees us, allowing us to let go of our Self and be empty of stress. Jackie guided this session, drawing on excerpts from a talk by Howard Cohn, pursuing an inquiry into the nature of stress and its resolutions.
You can listen to the talk here: https://dharmaseed.org/talks/player/83128.html
