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Originally Posted by Judge  When there is pain in your life, it's an opportunity for you to access the moment and bring it's power to the situation. |
Yes, pain can catalyze growth in ways that nothing else can.
I wrote about this in a recent blog post, called "
The Acupuncture Perspective Of Pain."
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Originally Posted by Judge Resisting pain is futile and expands ego and it aids in it's growth. |
I would translate though to: Resisting pain is futile and perpetuates the ego's defense mechanisms to avoid pain (which are based on dysfunctional beliefs).
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Originally Posted by garentee I get the impression though that from other conversations I have been having and reading on here recently that the use of emotions only perpetuates it further. I am completely missing something here... It has certainly worked for me to use the emotions to release myself from pain. Perhaps this is just how I work...Clarity Please? |
That makes sense to me. I would stick to what works for you.
That emotions perpetuate themselves is somewhat of a myth to make people afraid of their emotions. If you fear the emotions, then you never allow yourself to get to root of your emotional responses, which are likely belief systems and assumptions, since
emotion = thought + meaning (expressed as feeling).
Emotions can become perpetual when you don't fully express them or trace their beliefs/assumptions and then find constructive ways to learn from them.