Eeek... Dropping into Wordlessness through Paths of Torment sounds pretty Spanish Inquisitionish.
Oh, wait - it talking about suffering we CAN'T avoid. Okay, that sort of sounds better. If I knew what it meant.
It means noticing the pain, whether physical or emotional, without creating barriers around it, not averting our eyes to avoid seeing it.
Strangely, studies show that when we don't resist pain, it tends to hurt less. It's our verbal constructs - our resisting thoughts - that exacerbates the injuries, heightens the pain, delays healing.
Seeking out pain is stupid. Accepting what exists - feeling it even as we seek to heal it - is much smarter. And using it to drop into Wordlessness is wise.
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