I am in love with what is, not because I am a spiritual person, but because arguing with reality hurts.
(c) Byron Katie, “Loving What Is”
None of you will ask what pain is, because there are no people who have never experienced pain.
You might have something that hurts constantly or suddenly, chronically or with an “ouch”…
Some things are “painful to look at,” and someone’s words can hurt very much. Sometimes your soul aches, so much so that you want to howl at the moon.
As people like to say now: if nothing hurts, check if you’re dead.
Sometimes the pain is so strong that you curse it and want to get rid of it… You exclaim – what is pain even for?!
It is necessary. Today I want to express gratitude to pain, because it guides us through life.
Because pain is the most important tool of the Universe to reach us.
Pain is a signal, sometimes already a hammer blow to the crown of the head, that something is wrong, something is broken. Wake up, pay attention to where it hurts.
Today we will look at what is warning you:
- physical pain,
- emotional pain,
- mental pain,
- spiritual pain,
as well as practical recommendations on how to get resource from your pain and, finally, free yourself from it.
What is physical pain
On a physical level, pain is a sign of a disruption of normal processes in a certain place in the body. For example, the flow of blood, lymph, oxygen – any flow that should be moving there.
But especially often, pain is associated with muscle spasm.
Somewhere in the body, which has from half a thousand muscles, a spasm occurs, blood flow is disrupted, and the supply of oxygen and nutrition to some organ worsens.
And the longer this lasts, the more nearby muscles get drawn into this process (the first friend-muscle is no longer a helper, but a hindrance) – the more the organs that depend on these “petrified” muscles begin to suffer from “starvation” and pressure and become ill.
Surely, many people love a back massage, especially relevant in our age of sedentary work and computers.
A pleasant effect, everything put back in place… oh, how everything cracked!
And then what? For long? No.
The rock-hard muscles will still warp and pull the entire spine back.
You might argue – what about, for example, a runny nose, what do muscles have to do with it?
A runny nose, like many external manifestations of illness, is merely a protective reaction of the body.
Some nasty thing (a virus or bacteria) tries to settle inside you, and the body washes it out as best it can – by sneezing and coughing, or secreting mucus.
But this filth latched on because somewhere in the body there are already problems and breaches; the organs responsible for immunity are “sick.”
And they are sick because the flow is blocked there.
And as you already understand, doctors talk about physical flows, but we also know about energetic ones.
Pain and fear can age anyone
If pain has arisen on the physical level, the muscles are already locked in a “block” — and this means that on the level of the subtle bodies, you have already missed what caused this block.
And this, most often, is fear.
There is physical fear, emotional fear, all-pervasive mental fear, and fear of the spirit.
No one will argue that fear immediately manifests physically.
The original wild, natural fear was supposed to activate us for defensive actions – the heart starts pounding, hormones rush into the blood, breathing quickens, and it’s fight or flight. In other words, in the past, fear didn’t get stuck inside us; it was released outward.
And now?
The outward expression of fear is suppressed and settles in the muscles.
Your boss reprimands you, a company makes noise in the yard – shoulder muscles go into a block, we pull in our necks (without noticing, it’s an automatic reaction!) and “we’ve arrived.”
Emotional Pain
Most of the blocks within us come from fear born on the emotional or mental level.
Emotions are written into our body, which, for some reason, has a better memory than we needed when memorizing the multiplication table.
How often does it hurt from words that are said, especially from loved ones! It hurts!
Hello… Are you trying to be good for everyone again? Are you waiting or demanding to be loved again?
Wake up! Think, ask yourself — what fear is sitting there that makes it hurt so much?
Ahh… did you “crash” so hard against your father’s words in childhood that now you are unable to hear a person, and instead hear in their words something that would make them themselves stunned by your interpretation?
Did you take it all personally again, my exceptional one?
This pain on the emotional level will make you cry, scream…
It is necessary, at least on the level of the mind, to understand why it hurts and what to do about it.
But more often, we turn it into chronic pain, which sits as a block in the body.
Resentment gives birth to fear of relationships and problems grow like a snowball.
See also: Why people play the role of the victim and how this state manifests
“Head is splitting” from thoughts
Blocks received on the mental level are the scourge of our time.
We are all “educated” now, we read a lot, we sit on the internet… and we also watch TV. Have you noticed how many smart, but unhappy and sick people there are?
Only a human can mentally construct so many fears about the future, based on the past (and even on someone else’s experience, not just their own).
Are you familiar with “What an injustice! I worked and worked – and now, nothing. It’s so painful to realize!”
Painful?! You made a bunch of plans? A mountain of beliefs about how it should be, and how it shouldn’t? And whole Himalayas of expectations? And the fear that they won’t come true?
There’s your rockfall and your pain.
Knock-knock, it’s me, the Universe, I’m sorry, but you only hear the pain… little programs, non-acceptance of me and my manifestations as they are – that’s wrong…
Energy gets stuck in your blocks and it hurts! It hurts so that you would hear yourself!
By the way, about the TV. You try to eat right, thinking your health depends heavily on it, but do you realize what a vitamin-rich carrot, gnawed on while watching the evening news, brings into your body?!
We, by the way, for some reason react better to sharp and unexpected pain.
If your head hurts badly – we usually stop “thinking a thought” for at least some time. If your legs suddenly hurt – we sit down (maybe we’ll figure out that it’s scary to walk).
But we ignore quiet chronic pains for years.
The job isn’t mine, I don’t love it and don’t want it, my back aches every day, my eyes are dried out from this accounting, but… it’s nothing, it’s like everyone else, and I can’t find a new job anyway, etc…
Unfortunately, chronic pain is a block of energy that has been fed many, many, many times over. It’s already like a stone, getting darker and heavier.
(By the way, if you think these are curses, even from past lives, then the way we feed them ourselves with our behavior and thoughts is beyond anything any “demons” could dream of).
To Lose Heart
Pain at the level of Spirit is more of a state of hopelessness, a lack of understanding and non-acceptance of the entire universe, one’s role and mission.
Even with external well-being, you feel like “howling at the moon”…
The fear of life’s meaninglessness, of not knowing how to live.
Unfortunately, physical pain can come too late. By denying themselves in this world, a person declares that they are a foreign cell in this universal organism… like a cancer cell.
See also Spiritual causes of depression, lack of money, and illness
“I work on myself, I grow spiritually, why is everything getting worse for me?!” Why do you sometimes feel a gnawing melancholy and loneliness, a desire not to live, ruin in finances or relationships…
Usually, physical pain appears only in the final stages of illness. Although a complete revision of your ideas and beliefs, your way of life, works miracles.
So listen to your Pain, thank it, don’t look for someone to blame, sometimes dig less in the past, and simply make a decision to live in a new way.
How to Free Yourself from Pain
1. Listen to Your Pain
Determine its location and source. If it’s physical, then where exactly and how does it hurt. Try to “see” it in color, in flows. Identify the problem area and organ as precisely as possible. Does it hurt from words, from behavior? What specific emotion is it?
2. Ask for Help
The stronger and longer the pain, the more it consumes your attention and energy. Don’t flatter yourself that you can handle it alone, just because you are the master of your own life.
If the pain or illness is seriously bothering you, your energy level is clearly not magical, so go to the doctors.
There too, stick to the golden mean and don’t immediately throw yourself under the scalpel; consult, weigh your options, read what they’ve prescribed, and decide for yourself. Also, don’t fall into the extreme of self-medication.
If the pain is emotional, seek support from friends or in psychological groups.
See also The Meaning of a Trigger, Its Benefits, and How to Befriend It
3. Breathe Through the Painful Area
While the pain is strong, it’s hard to think about anything else. So, focus on the place of pain and “breathe” through it.
Inhale with your heart and exhale into the pain. Imagine the pain as some dark spot and “wash it away” with a stream of energy.
4. Find the Energy Sources of Pain
Read about how illnesses are connected to our energy blocks from Louise Hay, Liz Bourbeau, or Sinelnikov. And the most important thing here is to change what is causing the pain.
See also Causes of Illness. The Body’s Intelligence Speaks
Our body is a powerful tool, possessing a body intelligence that instantly transmits information to us about everything that is happening to us.
5. Express Your Emotions
Pain can “suffocate.” Resentment and a feeling of betrayal suffocate. You want to scream or cry.
Cry and scream, live through the emotion, whatever it may be. Beat a pillow if you need to release the emotion physically. If you keep the emotion inside you, it will settle in you as physical pain.
When you calm down, catch what triggered that emotion. Certain words? Something you saw? Maybe not the words, but the tone?
You can calm down with deep breathing and counting to 10… or to 100.
They also advise finding the state of the Observer. Often, from the outside, your own reaction and behavior can surprise you and seem funny.
See also The State of the Observer. How Not to Get Drawn into Conflict
There are simple “tools” you can use to avoid getting drawn into a conflict or to exit an emotionally charged situation.
6. Thank the Pain for the Warning
Accept your pain and even thank it for the signal. You might think that work, constant stress at home, the environment, or something else brought you to this point, but alas, that’s not the case.
This is simply an attempt to shift responsibility for your own choice. The pain is precisely telling you that you need to change something in your life. You are not accepting some part of yourself, “punishing” yourself for it with pain.
7. Perform Pain Healing Rituals
I remember writing a letter to my illness (a very painful one!), telling it that it was killing me, but if I died, it would have nowhere to live.
You can practice simoron by drawing yourself and the “pain” and erasing it with an eraser. You can “wash it away” in the shower while humming about your health.
You can bargain with the pain, for example, promise to take care of the ailing organ (and follow through on it!).
8. Turn to Higher Powers
If it’s still not clear what exactly in your life made the Universe knock painfully, talk to your Higher Self, go into the Pyramid and ask what it is communicating to you through this pain.
See also 10 best spiritual practices at the Keys of Mastery
The Pyramid of Light and Power is a technique transmitted by Archangel Michael for creating a 5th-dimensional Pyramid of Light to solve any problems and for your own healing.
Meditate, ask the Universe what beliefs, what thoughts, what childhood “reminders” are bringing this pain.
For example, something seems unfair and it “hurts to look at” it – here are your beliefs about good and bad and the resulting decline in vision.
Interestingly, very old long-livers have good eyesight because they love life, accept all its manifestations, and are, in general, cheerful people.
9. Be Physically Active
Help your energy, your Guardian Angels, with physical actions. You can negotiate, you can move energy flows, but it’s your body that already hurts.
And that means you’ll have to work with your body. Find a balance between nutrition, physical activity, and your thoughts.
Stony muscles still need to be awakened and stretched. Dance, stretch in yoga, walk, jump with your children, and crawl with your dogs.
At least sometimes, when putting a piece of food in your mouth, ask yourself if it is beneficial for you (ask only yourself, not scientific articles, according to which it’s better to eat nothing at all).
Pamper your body so it knows you love it. And be mindful of what you do and what you think.
See also 10 ways to pamper yourself… your beloved
Modern spa salons offer a full range of services: from massage and aromatherapy to pools and thermal baths with beautiful music and lit candles.
Of course, at first it is very difficult to accept and, even more so, to be grateful for strong and prolonged pain.
But, if you honestly look at your life and remember:
- how exactly pain helped you part with the unnecessary and find something new;
- stopped you from something irreparable;
- forced you to pay attention to yourself and your true values;
- if you are a mother – brought your little one to you, then it is not so difficult to thank the Universe that it still found a way to get through to you.