Stuck in Ignorance

It’s strictly from ignorance that one attaches to wanting things different which in turn causes you to get stuck in creating your own suffering…

If you really want to know what the basic flaw seems to be that keeps one stuck in their own suffering, it’s attaching to ignorance to a fault. It’s not that we know everything or that we’ll be able to transcend our ignorance, it’s more so to find a way to see it for what it is and not get stuck in it. It will always be succumbing to ignorance in some way that causes suffering. It doesn’t have to be attached to, but it will take discipline so the mind settles to see this. It’s always ignorance that wants things different and it’s always attaching to the story of want that causes suffering. This is true regardless of the circumstances.

Here’s an example of the charade of ignorance that pulls one into suffering. I ordered a pair of pants on line, when they were delivered I tried them on and they didn’t fit. By my first reaction you would have thought I was going to have to go without pants, but that wasn’t the case. I attached to wanting them to fit and didn’t accept the fact that the pants simply didn’t fit. This is what attaching to ignorance does and when I saw how childish this was, it fell away and I was able to simply send the pants back. You can substitute the pants with anything and you’ll get the same childish results of suffering. This is all because to be ignorant is to want things your way. It’s strictly from ignorance that one attaches to wanting things different which in turn causes you to get stuck in creating your own suffering…