It's resistance... to the moment. To that thought in your head that says I really should be squatting right now but it's wrong for me to upset the doctors, resistance to expansion, resistance to joy, resistance to ease...
Pain is compressed joy.
We are not trained to go into our pain and soften, we are trained to medicate our pain away.
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Originally Posted by Erki  Pain as a gateway to (spiritual) growth? Where has this notion come from? If pain makes us better people, why shouldn't we go and injure ourselves? |
Sadly, pain is the only thing we listen to. And sometimes it takes a whole lot of pain to make a personal course correction in life.
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Originally Posted by Erki Bonding between mother and child seems a good explanation, though. It just sucks that men have a painless life(less spiritual growth too he he - no wonder only feminine is divine  ). And then go on and make women suffer even more by oppressing them and etc. Maybe if we(men) would also have a painful existence, we wouldn't go around raping and destructing everyone and everything. |
Are you in pain right now? That's some painful logic.
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Originally Posted by Erki And in the end I'm just curious (and envious) because I just want to know "how it feels like". (And having the right and ability to be worth my child and bonding with her seems to be worth it too..). Anyway, I'll let the normal service resume. |
Being a parent to your child is not enough? Are you saying you have to earn something though blood, sweat, and tears or else you're not worthy? I'm not trying to be confrontational here, just playing devil's advocate to your beliefs if you meant what you said above.