I'm Mad at Agnes. Does It Mean All Is Threatened?

The buddha doesn't describe enlightenment in terms of relief. Most of the buddha's metaphors are not pain metaphors. They're entrapment metaphors, being fettered, losing your freedom, losing your agency. To suffer means to undergo. It means to lose agency. So you can actually suffer joy. You can have so much pleasure that you sort of have lost control of yourself. Right now, pain is a very powerful way of losing agency. Instead, pay attention to this connection rather than this one. If everything was painful, nothing would be painful. Even all your experiences can be painful,. Doesn't mean anything particular, because many of your experiences can’t be