Limited View

I like the analogy of an armadillo trying to grasp the reality of a car, as being similar to a human being trying to grasp the mystery of life.  The armadillo has very limited vision and can only see, for example, a portion of one tire.  In the armadillo’s case, thinking that the tire is representative of the whole leads to a gross misunderstanding.  Similarly, our understanding of life is likely to be limited and distorted by “nearsighted” vision.  The fact is that we do not know what is good/bad, beneficial or not.  During my meditation time, and during my life in general, events that I once considered bad were clearly beneficial.