The next important step in our maturing process is the recognition of our own dukkha. This seems so simple that one wonders why it is often difficult to follow through with it. If we have dukkha like everybody does, we are in the first instance inclined to blame someone or something. We can start with people, continue with situations, and include our sense contacts, what we hear, see, taste, touch and smell. The possibilities for blame are infinite. But when we indulge in them, we are refusing our first insight; namely, that we, ourselves, are responsible. If we hold fast to that understanding, then we begin to see dukkha in a different way. Namely, as part and parcel of being human; as a universal and not a personal truth. However, when we are disliking our painful feelings and are not willing to accept the fact that our own mind is the culprit, then we will look for a scapegoat. This is a very popular past-time and possible scapegoats are innumerable. When we remember that we're causing our own dukkha we are back to spiritual practice. As we dislike our own dukkha, hate arises at the same time which results in "double dukkha."