Game Changer : pain is just a sensation

[Phoenix11]

At the experiential level, if one is able to realise pain as a temporary sensation, a fleeting sensation. A good sensation on the flipside, a cool breeze brushing through your face, is temporary too. If one can see both events with the same state of mind, a different experience can be felt in the present moment.

 

the peace of mind attained at that moment when equanimity is achieved at the experiential level, is quite profound.

Edited January 26, 2022 by Phoenix11

[RickyFitts]

Agree - I'm very much with the Buddha on this one: 'Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional'. The real issue isn't so much the pain as the resistance we build up against it - that inner resistance causes emotional repression and energetic blockages, and we're never really free whilst there's anything unresolved in us. I know that for me in my own healing journey, becoming conscious of that inner resistance, which manifests in the body as contraction and tension, and then allowing it to gradually release has been absolutely crucial.

[Carl-Richard]

Suffering is just a thought.

[Phoenix11]

6 hours ago, Carl-Richard said:

Suffering is just a thought.

@Carl-Richard but the pain real right

[Phoenix11]

8 hours ago, RickyFitts said:

Agree - I'm very much with the Buddha on this one: 'Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional'. The real issue isn't so much the pain as the resistance we build up against it - that inner resistance causes emotional repression and energetic blockages, and we're never really free whilst there's anything unresolved in us. I know that for me in my own healing journey, becoming conscious of that inner resistance, which manifests in the body as contraction and tension, and then allowing it to gradually release has been absolutely crucial.

Absolutely, well expressed? I too feel that its better to cultivate a better relationship with pain.

[Thought Art]

I remember this insight when I was like 10 or 12 as a young endurance athlete. Made me OP because I knew the pain didn’t matter 

[Phoenix11]

Ah ? lucky you ?

 

 

[Carl-Richard]

6 hours ago, Phoenix11 said:

@Carl-Richard but the pain real right

Sensations are real. Thoughts are real. This is not a problem. The problem is not being aware of pain as sensation and suffering as thought.

[Whatever]

13 hours ago, Carl-Richard said:

Suffering is just a thought.

Thought being _just_ a thought to you has value judgement and an attitude (arrogance?) Baked into it. Thoughts are thoughts.

Edited January 27, 2022 by Whatever

[Carl-Richard]

19 minutes ago, Whatever said:

Thought being _just_ a thought to you has value judgement and an attitude (arrogance?) Baked into it. Thoughts are thoughts.

Just because it's simple doesn't mean it's easy.

[Whatever]

1 hour ago, Carl-Richard said:

Just because it's simple doesn't mean it's easy.

Don think you got my point.

[Guest EmptyVase]

17 hours ago, RickyFitts said:

Agree - I'm very much with the Buddha on this one: 'Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional'. The real issue isn't so much the pain as the resistance we build up against it - that inner resistance causes emotional repression and energetic blockages, and we're never really free whilst there's anything unresolved in us. I know that for me in my own healing journey, becoming conscious of that inner resistance, which manifests in the body as contraction and tension, and then allowing it to gradually release has been absolutely crucial.

Word! You hit the nail on the head with that one. ??

[Wilhelm44]

Pain is invitation for deeper self love, some part saying: "see me, I need love too"

[Phoenix11]

3 hours ago, Carl-Richard said:

Sensations are real. Thoughts are real. This is not a problem. The problem is not being aware of pain as sensation and suffering as thought.

Very true ?

So we got be quite mindful all the time to be aware that pain just a sensation, other wise pain will take its own vibe lol, and I think we are somewhere addicted to pain too which could be why we are attracting it, sometimes it's easier to feel pain than numbness ( from some emo song i have heard lol) so yeah being mindful helps to know that pain is just a sensation.

[Phoenix11]

1 hour ago, Wilhelm44 said:

Pain is invitation for deeper self love, some part saying: "see me, I need love too"

So it seems, going full circle with this one?

[Carl-Richard]

2 hours ago, Whatever said:

Don think you got my point.

Seems like you're very eager to explain why that is.