Day 21: Clean Pain, Dirty Pain, and Getting More Real

I find Resmaa Menakem’s distinction between “clean” and “dirty” pain, which he writes about in his book, My Grandmother’s Hands, to be so helpful in clarifying the direction of our compassionate presence and letting be practices.

As in yesterday’s fire reflection, we’re working on getting up close and intimate with our experience, without smothering, and…