Why does pain exist in the way that it does?

[NoSelfSelf]

You mean you have a problem with suffering of the pain not the pain itself

[Faceless]

@Nathan

inquiry into the nature of self/ego will clear all  this up?

[Widdle Puppy]

I think both physical and mental pain are one in the same

I'm not entirely sure and I don't want to get too theoretical since I'm kind of in a bad place this evening and I tend to not do so well going into theory mode. I'm going t be practical. 

Pain is a valid experience/emotion that acts as a deterrent and teacher. From a young age you experience physical pain perhaps through an accident like a fall. It teaches you to be careful and helps you understand your environment. Without pain... like pretend you have never felt any pain or have even heard of it... you would not be able to survive without pain. 

As a matter of fact you wouldn't be able to become enlightened without pain...Think about it. We all start asking these deep questions from a place of discontentment which is a form of pain. It could be a bad experience you had, some bad luck, whatever set you on this path pain played a role somehow.

My take away is respect pain... it is there and is a valid emotion in the human experience. Yes... it would be nice to not feel it but it exists and while we work towards a place where we feel little to none of it it still exists in the experience and accepting it is how we must handle pain and work with it

Edited April 27, 2018 by Widdle Puppy

[Nahm]

@Widdle Puppy The world is suffering, some are in pain. Pain is accidentally getting your balls stuck in your zipper. Suffering is worry you’ll do it again, worrying others might do the same, reading books about this happening in history, starting a website so you can attract other people who worry about this too, eventually painting this color on your whole reality and worrying the rest of your life away. You just gotta grit your teeth unzip that shit, and move on.

[Guest Quanty]

No human being will get enlightened unless he/she is willing to endure pain, literal physical torture. Who says that are no moments of physical torture has to awaken yet because he/she is still sleeping the death sweet sleep. 

[karmalan]

That's why we should always be in search of enlightenment. Life is an endless cycle of birth and death. The only permanent end to suffering is to be enlightened