The Importance of Paying Attention to Pain

We don't know what pain is really until we call it pain. We go into the story of my pain and I'm the victim of pain, he says. And that's where we all are anyway. No fear is not suffering. Sadness is not suffering,. It's only when we go into the stories of pain, sadness, fear. That's the suffering. So pay, it's very important, I think, to notice thatpain itself is not suffering."