Through many vicissitudes in life, we need to be brave. The courage to face hardship helps us manage emotions and other feelings that arise in the mind. Shying away from facing hardship, emotions, and other feelings accumulates them as pain in the body.
In September 2012,
My blog site is yet to catch numbers of followers. My writer club friends Tagi, Lenma and Najo together ask “Whom are you writing the book for?” My reply is spontaneous. “It seems I am writing for the two people who want to read my book.”
Elsewhere Sonja says “Get an editor, get reviewer to review your work”. Looking for reviewers, I chance upon Tanya. Tanya is an avid reader and reviewer of YA paranormal romance, paranormal fantacy, vamps, weres, suspense, anything supernatural, dark, British comedy, erotica, GLBT, crime (some). Her social site reveals more. She is going through personal challenges – multiple illnesses. Moved by her pain, I bless her. Blessing will bring relief to the blessed on many levels – financial, health, social, personal. Its effects will stay for up to two months… But then, everyone must go through their share in their life time… There are many suffering through pains and illnesses of the body.
Some illnesses of the body associated with chronic pain are: Pancreatitis, Crohn’s, PTSD, Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, Diabetes, LUPUS, Fibromyalgia, MS, ME, Arthritis, Cancer, Heart Disease, Epilepsy, ADHD, Autism, M.D. Evan Syndrome, C.M.T HIV, AIDS etc. These are called invisible illnesses. People suffering through them describe their impasse –
I dedicate this section to people going through such pain.
How does pain manifest?
Pain and pleasure are consciousness experiencing through the body.
Pleasure is the experience of consciousness moving on the surface of the body as stimuli. When consciousness shrinks in the body, then the sensation of pain and suffering arises. Suffering is the shrinking or contraction of consciousness.
Pain is consciousness seeking to expand and to become free.
Pain is temporary. The natural tendency of consciousness is to expand, to become bliss. Like the natural tendency of water is to flow downward, the natural tendency of consciousness is to expand and be at peace. When we are in pain we forget to be at peace and in bliss; just like the person who is an insomniac has forgotten how to sleep.
How to ‘be’ with pain?
Practicing Sudarshan Kriya Yoga regularly removes karmic effects of life times and reminds us of ‘who we truly are’ deep within. In addition, imbibing knowledge, meditation and practicing yoga prepare us in the above process. Practicing S.K.Y, imbibing knowledge, meditation and Yoga together relieve us of pain. I have friends who previously suffered from anxiety/depression/heart disease or bipolar relieved by regular practice of S.K.Y.
The results?
Pain and suffering exist in life only for us to evolve spiritually in this life time. The spiritual evolution is not automatic; it is only through transcending the suffering that we evolve spiritually. Through regular spiritual practices we transcend suffering to relieve pain and evolve spiritually.
Disclaimer:
Note: The above mentioned illnesses warrant pain-killer/anti-depressant drugs that affect the functioning of the bodily systems. It is advisable that people suffering work closely with their doctors and carers to choose times when they can be off medication to learn and practice the Sudarshan Kriya Yoga.
The above applies to all pains in life – pains due to emotions, separation or loss, pain of watching others suffering, pain of abuse inflicted by self and others, mental pain and physical pain.
The way out of pain through karmic effects is only to try and transcend it and manage with medication. Through advancement in Science and Medicine, there are many means of pain relief available. While it is judicious to manage pain using medication, it is good in addition to transcend karmic effects.
Love you!
Jyo
P.S.: The above applies to all pains in life – pains due to emotions, separation or loss, pain of watching others suffering, pain of abuse inflicted by self and others, mental pain and physical pain.
Tanya’s Blogsite: http://www.ravenzreviews.blogspot.com.au/
What is Sudarshan Kriya Yoga: http://www.artofliving.org/sudarshan-kriya/
What are your thoughts? Please share:
Pain is merely a state of mind, which can be gotten rid of without medications of any sort.
[This works much better with two people]
Sitting quietly and be asked the following questions repeatdly — softly and quietly
If you assign a number for your pain — what would it be?
If you could describe your pain as a color — what color would it be?
If your pain were a liquid – what size container would you need to hold your pain?
Ask these questions over and over [it's best to change the order each time]
The simple fact is …. the more you think about your pain …. the more you’d feel it and have it.
Again once again KNOWLEDGE of this plays an important for the existance of pain.
So Jyo is the KNOWLEDGE I believe I have here correct.
Robin,
Thank you for bringing this up.
The knowledge you have about pain is correct.
However, the giving pain a number, color and container, process you mention does not relieve us of the karmic effects in life, nor does it evolve us spiritually.
Given that the human life is for us to evolve spiritually, we are only postponing the spiritual evolution when we number, paint and box pain.
Love you!
This process has worked most of the times I’ve tried doing it. Perhaps it’s the acceptance of the pain which allows you to do control it. It appears the more one tries to fight/resist the pain being present the more/longer it hangs around. I feel by giving a value to the questions being asked repeatedly you begin to accept the presence of the pain, and the more they’re asked the values will begin to change.
This is what I feel is how to translate the answers
Value of pain is self-explanatory [The higher the number the more severe the pain is.]
Amount of liquid is also basically self-explantory [More liquid the more pain there is.]
Color corresponds to a temperature color range [Red is hot/severe. Blue is cool/mild or none.]
BTW – Am I the only person around who’s following you who seems to understand any of what’s being said here.
Hi Robin, if you understand the need to ‘spiritually evolve’ for you, that is awesome! Love you
Try using Categories and not just tags, will help your blog to be seen by more people I think. You can watch on your stats.
Thank you! Onfire! I shall see what I can do about it. Love you!
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Hey Onfire! Applied additional categories… Thanks again!
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