Q: It feels so good when you can love, and so bad when you can’t. Does the pain of not being able to love go away when I cross the barrier or only at the end of correction?
A: The pain stems from your natural desire to enjoy yourself in this world, and it will be gone even before you cross the barrier. The barrier is the relinquishing of the thought, “for me alone.” In fact, it is the relinquishing of every single thing in this world. The abandoning of the thought, “for me alone,” already relates to spiritual desires and pleasures.