Photo by Paul S Barlow

Second Arrow Syndrome: How We Multiply our Own Suffering, and How We Might Avoid It

Spiritual traditions are big on fables. One of my favorites comes from the Sallatha Sutta in the Buddhist tradition.

When touched with a feeling of pain, the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person sorrows, grieves, & laments, beats his breast, becomes distraught. So he feels two pains, physical & mental. Just as if they were…