Suffering is often seen as something to escape. In this session, we explore a different view: suffering as a movement within awakening itself. The shadow represents the parts of our experience we resist, deny, or judge. When these parts surface, it can feel like a dark night. Yet nothing new is being added to us. What is happening is that what was unconscious is becoming conscious. Rather than trying to fix or transcend pain, we learn to meet it directly. In that meeting, the division between “light” and “dark” begins to soften. The energy locked in repression becomes available as clarity, strength, and integration.