Pain, a medication for the soul
We tend to think of pain as a destructive power. In reality, in times of pain and extreme pain at that, our soul opens, seeing the truth of who we are and what life is about much better.
Pain is not a dark place. It is an intense existence where we are cut into a million pieces and melted on fire. It purifies our thoughts to a point where we can finally meet with our true self. It is an amazing discovery of the self that is rare and quite precious.
Pain links us and bonds us with the human experience as whole. It joins us with humanity and makes us feel not quite alone in rather a strange and contradictory way. In pain, a sense of being one with those who suffered or suffering is present, this sense nullifies our isolation and opens us to a sea of "others", their lives, hopes, dreams and worries, making us more human.
Pain is the fire that purifies our metal. In the book "The Year of Magical Thinking" written by Joan Didion about her grief after the sudden passing of her husband while her daughter hovered between life and death in a nearby hospital in a coma, we feel her pain and grief and we become closer to her. In a way, it reflects some of our deepest sadness and lost moments. Her "magical thinking" is not quite alien to us.
Pain is not a solitary experience. Pain is an experience that is more shared with others than joy or happiness. While our joys are somehow simply "ours", pain is a common theme understood by all. It is the sole experience that is probably most bonding among all humans, across all cultures even within the deepest recess of the planet.
Would pain give us wisdom, insight, hope and even energy? Only if we allow it to do so. Resisting it, being angry at it, refusing to experience it, rejecting it, and looking at it as a negative experience would prevent it from providing us with all that it can give us.
Pain is one way to grow, to appreciate that we are humans, and to gain the trusted knowledge that we can survive the worst. All pains are transient as life itself. Knowing this helps to endure pain and even live it, with all that it brings to our core and to our senses.
One thing we need to remember, pain can be addictive and we need to resist its addiction tendencies. Living pain to its fullest and emerging from it alive and well is one thing, living pain as a style of life is certainly another. There is a healthy way to experience our pain and emerge from it alive and better humans and with that, it is a gift that we should embrace and thankful.
Pain is not a dark place. It is an intense existence where we are cut into a million pieces and melted on fire. It purifies our thoughts to a point where we can finally meet with our true self. It is an amazing discovery of the self that is rare and quite precious.
Pain links us and bonds us with the human experience as whole. It joins us with humanity and makes us feel not quite alone in rather a strange and contradictory way. In pain, a sense of being one with those who suffered or suffering is present, this sense nullifies our isolation and opens us to a sea of "others", their lives, hopes, dreams and worries, making us more human.
Pain is the fire that purifies our metal. In the book "The Year of Magical Thinking" written by Joan Didion about her grief after the sudden passing of her husband while her daughter hovered between life and death in a nearby hospital in a coma, we feel her pain and grief and we become closer to her. In a way, it reflects some of our deepest sadness and lost moments. Her "magical thinking" is not quite alien to us.
Pain is not a solitary experience. Pain is an experience that is more shared with others than joy or happiness. While our joys are somehow simply "ours", pain is a common theme understood by all. It is the sole experience that is probably most bonding among all humans, across all cultures even within the deepest recess of the planet.
Would pain give us wisdom, insight, hope and even energy? Only if we allow it to do so. Resisting it, being angry at it, refusing to experience it, rejecting it, and looking at it as a negative experience would prevent it from providing us with all that it can give us.
Pain is one way to grow, to appreciate that we are humans, and to gain the trusted knowledge that we can survive the worst. All pains are transient as life itself. Knowing this helps to endure pain and even live it, with all that it brings to our core and to our senses.
One thing we need to remember, pain can be addictive and we need to resist its addiction tendencies. Living pain to its fullest and emerging from it alive and well is one thing, living pain as a style of life is certainly another. There is a healthy way to experience our pain and emerge from it alive and better humans and with that, it is a gift that we should embrace and thankful.
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