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How To End The Pain
Mark Ivar Myhre
Everyone is predisposed to pain, but very few understand what it
is or how to resolve it.
Today, we will be looking at pain from an other-than-physical
perspective. To do so, I need to introduce a word that many have
heard, but few understand.
It's a word that has gotten a lot of bad press.
It's a word that many 'smart' people look down upon. And yet, it
contains an unfathomable wisdom that you can tap into and use.
That word is metaphysics.
Most, upon hearing the word, dismiss it as being without value or
substance. Others embrace the concept, while perhaps not really
knowing what they are embracing.
The word metaphysics simply means 'beyond physics'.
You already know what physics is - the laws of movement for
the physical world. (And the studies of those laws.)
Metaphysics, on the other hand, holds the laws of the physical
world as well as the laws that govern the emotional, mental,
and esoteric worlds. Metaphysics is also concerned with the
interactions between these four worlds.
As physics governs movement for the physical world, so
metaphysics governs movement for all four worlds (of which you
are a part).
Just as the movement of matter must obey the laws of physics, so
the movement of thoughts and feelings must obey the laws of
metaphysics.
Why do I mention metaphysics?
Because if you want to heal you pain, whether it's physical,
mental, emotional, or even esoteric, perhaps the most elegant way
to do so is to learn the secrets of reality creation; which are
best explained by the laws of metaphysics.
In the physical world, gravity always works. If you know about
'metaphysical gravity', you can work with it instead of being
oppressed by it.
By looking at pain from a metaphysical point of view, we are able
to get a better understanding of what pain is, and how to deal
with it.
First of all, pain carries a connotation of 'being bad', that you
must have done something wrong.
Pain is also seen as a weakness.
It's embarrassing for those around you - and shameful for you -
when you're in pain.
Also, it's very confronting to deal with pain, because it's so
hard to ignore. You can easily deny your pity, and even your
fear and anger, but pain is so 'in your face' - demanding your
attention.
Despite it's 'loudness', it's also very elusive. You just can't
grab hold of it; it's too mysterious.
It's very important to end your pain, and the time to start is
right now.
To end it, first you need to understand it. While few understand
what pain is, everybody knows what it feels like!
So what, exactly, is pain? Let's step back and look at the big
picture. Beyond the physical.
(I know, pain is what happens when you stub your toe. But why
did you choose to stub your toe? That is the domain of
metaphysics!)
Pain is the seed that starts fear, hurt, loneliness, and
punishment.
It is also the sticky residue that remains after these four
things have left.
Unfortunately, it's very hard to deal with fear, hurt, loneliness
and punishment.
The fear is too frightening.
The loneliness is too overwhelming.
The punishment is too distracting.
And the hurt is too depressing.
As a result, you are practically forced to numb yourself out in
any number of ways, rather than dealing with it directly.
So often, pain goes unchallenged because of these reasons.
In addition to fear with it's threat,
loneliness with it's isolation,
punishment with it's aggression,
and hurt with it's alienation,
pain can also precede and follow other emotions such as anger.
So what else is pain?
Pain is a synergy of two things.
(A synergy is when two or more separate things come together,
and the resulting whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
For example, when you have a bulb, a switch, a metal tube and
a couple of batteries, you've got maybe a dollar's worth of
spare parts. Add them together, however, and you've got light!)
Pain is a synergy of a 'separation from' and a 'longing for'
something specific.
Separation by itself leads to loneliness and hurt.
Longing by itself leads to fear and punishment.
They must both come together to produce pain, and when they do
the resulting experience is worse than the experience of either
one of them taken individually.
There are four categories of pain, each corresponding to the four
worlds of metaphysics - the four worlds that you are in right
now.
Physical Pain
If you have physical pain, it is a synergy of a separation from
and a longing for:
1. control (and/or)
2. feeling.
If you are not in control of your life, if you believe that
someone or something else outside of you is controlling you, and
you feel helpless and 'out of control', it can lead to physical
pain.
If you long to be in charge of your life, but you can't for one
reason or another, it eventually ends up expressing itself as
physical pain.
Likewise with a lack of 'feeling'. If you have numbed yourself
out in any of the many, many, ways that are available. If you
have created a situation where you are not feeling - either
yourself, or the world around you - that can also lead to
physical pain.
Mental Pain
If you have mental pain, it is a synergy of a separation from and
a longing for:
1. understanding,
2. meaning,
3. conception (and/or)
4. perception.
If you have difficulty understanding things, conceiving and
perceiving your world, or if you are not able to see the
meaning in life, any of these things lead to mental pain.
Emotional Pain
Emotional pain, on the other hand, is a separation from
and a longing for:
1. belonging,
2. love,
3. intimacy, (and/or)
4. caring.
A lack of any or all of these four things can lead to emotional
pain.
We all have a natural tendency to want to belong, to care,
to feel love and intimacy, but when they are lacking, when
they are absent, the result is emotional pain.
Spiritual Pain
Lastly, spiritual pain, which expresses itself as that hollow
feeling that just won't go away, is a separation from and a
longing for:
1. aesthetics (and/or)
2. God.
A lack of either one or both of these can lead to spiritual pain.
Summary
Pain, from a metaphysical point of view, is a separation from
and a longing for any of twelve different things: feeling;
control; understanding; conception; perception; meaning; love;
intimacy; caring; belonging; aesthetics; or God.
These are the twelve root causes of pain, hidden beneath the
surface reasons, such as the action of stubbing your toe.
It is very important to end the pain, for the following reasons:
Pain produces a separation. Pain separates you from your world
and it separates you from yourself. This separation can become
too wide, meaning you can reach a point of no return. When this
happens, no amount of technique can help.
Also, pain spreads, eventually entering every part of your life.
It will not end by itself. The form may change, but not
the function. You might be able to stop stubbing your toe,
for example, but some other form will take its place (such as
jamming your finger).
Lastly, the very nature of pain makes it difficult to do the
actual techniques that are necessary to end it.
The first step to ending pain is to understand your own unique
function of pain. Look to which of the twelve root causes are
yours.
Which ones are you separate from? Where is your greatest
longing? Spend some time discovering and exploring these root
causes of pain.
By working with the underlying causes of pain, you begin to not
just solve, but resolve, your pain.
Best wishes,
Mark
Copyright by Mark Ivar Myhre, author of the groundbreaking e-book
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