223. Dive Into Pain
Perhaps we should start with, “what is pain”?
Pain can be on a mental, emotional or physical level. It’s hard to imagine pain being on a spiritual level, but at risk of negating something which is possible I suppose it can be spiritual as well. Perhaps if you have lack of spirituality. However, I still think this is primarily mental/emotional.
On a metaphysical level, I consider pain to be extreme misalignment. So much that it causes tension. If we imagine that the amalgamation of our parts are an energetic vibration which is always moving “forward” so to speak are all jiving with each other parallel, there comes a time where there’s a misalignment. Where one aspect or part of ourselves goes a bit haywire. It rejects and distances itself from the rest. This is very much true for the pain that we receive when all of our body parts aren’t working together with each other. OF course if we twist our arm, our arm’s energetic trajectory is in misalignment from the rest of our body. There’s a “cohesion” which we stick to physically, and the same goes for mental or emotional. Imagine that we are simply living our lives in a positive, happy or healthy direction. If there’s a major shift or change in our plan, it causes tension. This one piece of our mental puzzle is drifting away from the rest. And this may feel like a loss or lack of. Or any number of different emotions overall. There may be dissonance or distance.
As a whole, it’s important that we rectify or “make up” this distance. Whether that is in a physical sense where we have surgery to correct the issue, or in a mental sense where we either let someone go or “fill in” the gaps with a sense of closure. However, this isn’t always as easily done as it is says. Sometimes we have lack of or limited control of all of our functions, at least on a conscious level. I do believe that we have it on a subconscious level, but not always the access or information to bring it to the surface.
So what does it mean to “dive in” to this pain?
Typically when we have a painful experience, we tend to ignore it or repress it/reject it. We don’t want to be there. Perhaps if we forget about it, it ceases to exist. Well, it kind of does, but more so in a conscious way. Just because you haven’t thought about a particularly painful memory in a few days, months or years, doesn’t mean it doesn’t still exist. I want to be clear that we can never “erase” time, but we can let go of memories so that they are free and no longer encumbering us. The experience is incredibly different than physically holding onto it. When we desperately hold on to these negative experiences or memories, they act as prisms as a part of our energetic bodies. Most times, they serve to destroy us. We use these memories as filters or prisms in which we see the world. If we were abused, we only “see” abuse.
There’s somewhat of a fallacy that if we “accept” this pain, perhaps it becomes an integrated part of us, which we can never escape. But in fact, the exact opposite is true. It’s kind of the same sentiment that you should free what you love, and eventually in some way, or a better way, it will come back to you. You truly have to release this pain. However, this isn’t always easy. Acknowledging or accepting it when you’re going through deep pain is not only not ideal, but it can be impossible. Imagine if you’re in a particularly rough place mentally or emotionally. It may not be smart to do this process, as it could bring you to a psychotic break.
However, when you feel that you can handle it, despite it being uncomfortable, it’s important to dive into this pain. So what specifically does this mean? From a physical sense, rather than completely tensing up your body physically, it’s important to relax it, so you can release it. Otherwise, this energy has nowhere to go. It simply lives and ruminates because you’re contracting it. You’re not releasing it. You can do this by stretching or exercising your body, eating a good diet nutrients as to now “build up” in your body, further preventing this process from happening. This can also be done with energy work, such as Reiki. You can even set the intention to intellectualize the problem, as it’s likely to have some sort of significance or meaning.
On a mental/emotional level, it’s about letting these thoughts, feelings and emotions run through your body. Not keeping them “trapped” in your mind. This can be through meditation and visualization, or you can transform them to “physically” feel it/them release. Writing, journaling or expressing yourself is particularly helpful for this process.
Diving into pain is acknowledging it, accessing it, and assessing it. You will not lose yourself because you do this. It may be incredibly uncomfortable, but if you intention set release, it will eventually work. Chronic issues are the source of a bigger, deeper alignment problem. And it’s important to discover what this is. Often times you can “backtrack” to a certain concept or theme, particularly if it’s in a certain place in or around your body.
Consider release to be about love, light, happiness and freedom. Not about feeling lost, with lack of or in scarcity. It’s a fear-based mentality that releasing is leaving you with nothing. It’s allowing you to be open to more opportunities. And that’s not something said to make you feel better, it’s the truth.
