Pain - Notes

Like everything else in this life, pain is also a highly complex subject. Pain is not a simple matter of right or wrong, good or bad. There are many factors that enter into the equation. It is not like the drug industry is promoting these days—all bad. Without pain and suffering mankind would have destroyed itself long ago. Pain endured for a purpose is not negative, nor does it leave a negative effect upon our state of being. Pain endured without purpose, however, and especially pain inflicted upon us without cause or reason, is negative; and unless removed through a process of understanding, forgiveness, and acceptance, such pain can fester and grow until it literally consumes our entire state of being.

It can be seen, therefore, why so much of our pain in today's world is of the negative type: the motives behind so many of societies actions are selfish in nature having no long-term value and quite often being directed toward the individual with respect or consideration. Such pain is always negative.

All illness are preceded by a condition.

Pain and suffering are more than a mere physical sensation. Pain caused by passive action, is not the same as pain caused by an unknown or a negative unwanted action. Many of our medical treatments, for example, are very painful, yet people endure them with acceptance and without complaint. A further example might be found in the way a mountain climber interprets the pain and suffering connected with climbing Mt. Everest. Because the climbing is done willingly, the pain is not interpreted as negative.

Pain in and by itself can either be negative or positive. In order for pain to be negative, it must be enhanced by emotions, which in turn is interpreted by the mind as either negative or positive.

Nothing feels better than having a thorn pulled out. Pain in and by itself can either be negative or positive.

Pain and suffering are more than a physical sensation. Pain caused by a positive action is not the same as pain caused by an unknown or by a negative unwanted action. (Here we are once more reminded that everything in the universe is interconnected.)

In order for a pain to be negative, it must first be received and analyzed by the brain as to its nature and cause. Having done this, our subconscious must then send forth an instruction to our conscious mind in the form of what we refer to as physical pain

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