Physical pain during inquiry

[How to be wise]

These days when I am doing The Work, I feel this sense of emptiness when I let go of a ‘story.’ Also my arms and stomach physically hurt when I am in the process of questioning a long held ‘story.’ 

Has anybody else experienced physical pain/emptiness whilst doing self-inquiry/meditation? How do you deal with it?

[Preetom]

13 hours ago, How to be wise said:

These days when I am doing The Work, I feel this sense of emptiness when I let go of a ‘story.’ Also my arms and stomach physically hurt when I am in the process of questioning a long held ‘story.’ 

Has anybody else experienced physical pain/emptiness whilst doing self-inquiry/meditation? How do you deal with it?

Layers and layers of psychological, emotional and physical pain is inevitable in any deconstruction spiritual work.

Ego is nothing but all these accumulated stories and constricted feelings woven together. Every deconstruction wounds that hodge podge, thus it retorts and fires back to maintain it's own survival.

Sometimes it fires back with a fury/backlash, other times it just bums out the intellect with vague and chronic dissatisfaction and pain(which is harder to spot and cope with in a sense).

The remedy is to know and expect this dynamic from the beginning. And when shit hits the fan, perseverance and letting go technique is your best friend. Good luck

[How to be wise]

@Preetom Thank you my friend!