12/8/2020 1 Comment 2 Steps To Dissolve Your Pain-BodyWhat is a Pain Body? A Pain-body is the collection of all the emotional pain that you’ve experienced throughout your life. It is the collection of all traumas, every form of emotional pain that you have experienced throughout your life, right from childhood. A Pain-body can completely overtake you at times and ones that happens, it can do some serious damage to your life ranging form, drama in relationships and impulsive behavior; to suicide and murder in extreme cases. After the drama subsides, it goes back to the state of dormancy, and poor you will think that you did it all. But that’s not you. That's your Pain-body. Ever shouted at your mom but later regretted? That’s your Pain-body Ever overreacted emotionally at a seemingly small thing and later wondered; who was that guy! That’s your Pain-body. A Pain-body is like another entity that lives in you, with the free will of its own, who is making you responsible for all of its doings. He wants to hurt others and himself. In short, it is running you and pretending to be you. Why is he doing this! I hear you asking. The answer is, he has no other option. 1. Your desire to escape it, unwillingness to look at him, and feel the pain he is holding on to (which is your pain after all), causes him to completely overtake you at times. React out the Pain-body so that you don’t have to look at it or feel it. 2. The set of beliefs you have about the circumstance you are into that reinforces the Pain-body. Let us understand how beliefs reinforce pretty much anything. Let us say someday you went out with your friend, and he brought his 5 other friends that you don’t know. You zoned out and didn’t talk much and that day you formed a belief “I am a shy person”. Now understand that you might not be shy, but everyone is a little bit shy around new people. But you know how imprisoning and commanding mind is (if you listen it/ obey it) Now, as the mind sees this belief, it hijacks it. Builds an out identity out of it. Further, it starts building a reality out of this core belief by scanning YouTube for “10 signs you are a shy person”, 12 signs of an introvert” doing things to reinforce that core belief. The same principle goes for the Pain-body. The mind builds an identity out of it by forming a set of beliefs around it that reinforces it. How to dissolve it. STEP I>> Let go of all beliefs, all stories around that Pain-body. Do an audit, ask yourself . 1 Why shall I react? 2 What are the set of beliefs around this Pain-body? Go into a scientist mode. Find as much as you can about it. If you need to forgive someone, do it. Your peace is above it all. I recommend at the time you are triggered, pull out your phone and start writing down all beliefs and stories surrounding the Pain-body. Become pure awareness, seeing things from a neutral place as you do it. STEP II>> What you fight, you strengthen; Now as you let go of your beliefs about, surrounding and re-enforcing the Pain-body, as you are forgiving yourself and other people, the step II is to look directly for what it is and feel its energy field within. So the Pain-body doesn’t want you to observe it directly and see it for what it is. The moment you observe it, feel its energy field within you, and take your attention into it, the identification is broken. A higher dimension of consciousness has come in. I call it presence. You are now the witness or the watcher of the Pain-body. This means that it cannot use you anymore by pretending to be you, and it can no longer replenish itself through you. You have found your own innermost strength. You have accessed the power of Now Only feeling it unconditionally integrates it. As you do it, free it from everything that mind says. “How long will it take”, “Is it even working”, “I am getting late”, “OMG its not working”, “Nothing will change”, “It will stay like this forever, so better escape it”. All these are conditions and therefore unnecessary. TIPS -- 1. If you catch it in between of drama, better remove yourself from the situation and find a quiet place to do the work. 2. Michel Brown, the author of the book The Presence Process tells that it could take a lifetime of integrative work to integrate a Pain-body. Eckart Tolle tells that time is only an imagination, now is all that there is. So don't rush the process by quickly trying to “get rid” of your Pain-body. If you adopt that approach you will make its condition worse. You will disintegrate it and further add to its pain. The mind will of course do everything it can to stop and distract you from the task. Being as grounded as Yang observing the mind, ignoring it's all doings and feeling the pain as Yin is your responsibility (ability to respond). Conclusion: Dealing with a pain body attack can sometimes be challenging. But as we stick to the above mentioned 2 steps we tend to move from reacting in it to rather responding, integrating and dissolving our pain bodies which of course is time taking. In my view, every time responding to it is way better than a big ass drama that we create when we react to it. Lastly, there are times when; in spite of it all we do react in the pain-body. This is where we should not beat ourselves up. We all do it at times and that's OK. Honorable Mentions -- An excerpt from The Power Of Now
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1/11/2024 03:01:30 am
Fantastic article on managing body pain! The practical tips and insightful information provided are truly invaluable. Thank you for shedding light on this important topic and offering effective solutions for a healthier, pain-free life.
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