"There's a layered quality to suffering and intense emotion. As you become
interested, a tiny, elf light appears in the darkest dungeon. That's the gate of
emptiness. As you become more interested, you walk deeper into the forest and
everything looks different. Sometimes it becomes joyful right away but it
doesn't need to. It's become a path and that is enough. So, no first principles,
but a few rules of thumb can be fun..."
John Tarrant shares more in this thought-provoking piece about working with
the dark material of our lives.
