Eckhart Tolle tells the story of the Buddha and a grieving mother to explore how acceptance and surrender help us connect with others through suffering. The teaching centers on what happens when we stop resisting pain and meet each other in that shared human experience.
Mother came to the Buddha and said, was it weeping because her child had died and was asking for advice? The Buddha. And the Buddha says, okay, I'll tell you what to do in this village or town where you live. Go, go from one house to another and ask them whether they have ever had a death in their family and then come back to me. So she went from one house to another. It took several days. And then she came back to the Buddha. And there was a relief, because in every house that she came to, she had heard they confirmed that, yes, they had also experienced people dying. Yes, yes, yes. And suddenly she was able to come to an acceptance, to surrender.
Why alcohol feels like relief, and what it is really giving you | Eckhart Tolle
