The second noble truth states that we must discover why we are suffering. We must cultivate the courage to look deeply, with clarity and courage, into our own suffering. We often hold the tacit assumption that all of our suffering stems from events in the past. But, whatever the initial seed of trauma, the deeper truth is that our suffering is more closely a result of how we deal with the effect these past events have on us in the present.

Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body (ed. Sounds True, 2012) - ISBN: 9781604077285