FEAR of PAIN:
How can I get over my fear of pain?
By learning to recognize and embrace our pain.
The practice of mindfulness allows for the management of pain.
Recognizing and Embracing Pain
“Mindfulness and concentration embrace the pain.”
The seventh exercise is to recognize a painful or unpleasant feeling: “Breathing in, I know that a painful feeling is there. Breathing out, I calm that painful feeling.”
Pain is a kind of energy, and a nonpractitioner can be overtaken by that painful feeling.
We become a victim of the painful feeling, whether it is a sensation in the body or an emotion. There are strong emotions that are very painful, zones of energy that manifest from the depths of our consciousness.
Every time a painful feeling or emotion comes up, the practitioner should know how to handle that feeling. The method the Buddha proposed is to get in touch with the seed of mindfulness in us. We can breathe, we can walk, to generate mindfulness as a second zone of energy that will be able to take care of the first energy, the painful feeling.
It is so important for us to train ourselves in breathing mindfully and walking mindfully so we will know how to generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration. It is precisely with that energy that we will be able to handle the painful feeling.
The second zone of energy, which is mindfulness and concentration, comes up and embraces the first zone of energy, the painful feeling. We follow this method exactly. With the energy of mindfulness and concentration, we just recognize and embrace the painful feeling.
“Hello, my fear. Hello, my anger. Hello, my sadness. I know you are there. I’m going to take good care of you.”
There is the energy of the pain, and there is also the energy of mindfulness and concentration.
When that positive energy embraces the painful energy, there will be an effect. The energy of mindfulness will penetrate, like heat waves or sunlight.
There is no violence in this; there is no fighting. That is what a practitioner does.
Source- FEAR by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Thank You,
G Ross Clark
24 июн 2020
