We must give Suffering its due: it’s not going anywhere, it cannot be ignored, and it will not leave us the same. The Suffering is our own minds and bodies. Minds and bodies that, even as we live with them, are no longer ours. They have become terrifying Strangers. We cannot answer Suffering, and especially not our own Suffering. Suffering that has left us too confused and wounded. It is too close to us. And yet Suffering demands an answer. Otherwise our Suffering will become an intolerable bully, joining hands with such terrible things as fear, shame, dread, and the Hardness of the Heart. An
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