When my stepson was a young boy just learning to read, he was riding in the car with his mom one day. As they passed a big box toy store, he jumped up in his seat and read out loud the words of the store’s big bright banner: “The new Lion King toys are here!”  

Nobody wants to suffer. Everyone wants to be happy.  But suffering is common, happiness is rare, and chaos is increasing. Why? Apparently, we lack important understandings about our true place in the world.