Enlightenment is not an escape from pain but an understanding of pain, an understanding of your anguish,  an understanding of your misery —  not a cover-up, not a substitute,  but a deep insight:  “Why am I miserable, why is there so much anxiety,  why is there so much anguish, what are the causes in me that are creating it?” And to see those causes clearly is to be free from them.Just an insight into your misery brings a freedom from misery. And what remains is enlightenment.