Jan/ Is Pain an Illusion

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jb [kvy9]

 

On 12/7/00 at 7:14 PM Harsha \(Dr. Harsh K. Luthar\) wrote:

 

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:Yesterday morning I severely sprained my back and was having a difficult

:time moving, sitting and standing up and walking. I rarely take medication.

:Luckily I had bought a lot extra strength Aspirin, Tylenol, and Bengay for

:my mother when she was visiting. It all came in very handy for me!

 

That sounds quite familiar Harsha. It could be called the "price" of

forgetting "body"... Very painful nevertheless.

There are many pain-killers, some working locally and others, orally. Not

moving the affected parts would be best

but those, spontaneously forgetting "body", easily forget that too.

:

:Tonight I have to teach and I can only do it with the help of this

medicine.

:Of course the way I will stand and walk in the class will look a bit funny

:but that's okay. It seems to make sense that when the body is not feeling

:well, one should take practical steps to make it feel better and use good

:judgment.

:

:Love to all

:Harsha

 

The medicines won't accelerate healing - as a rule, painkillers will

slowdown healing.

If a period of rest isn't possible, minimizing movement was (still is) my

parole, no matter how silly it may look...

I hope you'll recover soon...

 

Love,

Jan

 

Thank you Jan. I suspect my experience is nothing compared to yours with the

sliding scooter and the resulting injuries and I wish you well and speedy

healing. Do you think taking DHEA would help you recover faster? There was a

discussion on that a year or so ago.

 

I will be quite OK in a week or so. Of course, one can easily get used to

all the kind and warm wishes and the sympathy. Perhaps I will stretch this

out a bit :-). Thanks again.

 

Love

Harsha

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On 12/8/00 at 10:14 AM Harsha \(Dr. Harsh K. Luthar\) wrote:

 

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ºThank you Jan. I suspect my experience is nothing compared to yours with the

ºsliding scooter and the resulting injuries and I wish you well and speedy

ºhealing. Do you think taking DHEA would help you recover faster? There was a

ºdiscussion on that a year or so ago.

 

Strange enough, pain release is effected by mechanical stimulation - I used such

a device

for the injuries caused by running as well. The DHEA could speed up recovery

too...

But as the doc at the emergency prescribed painkillers combined with

anti-inflammatory drugs

for three weeks, there is no expectation of speedy recovery And the

anti-thrombosis injections

aren't administered at all - too much hassle and dazzle.

º

ºI will be quite OK in a week or so. Of course, one can easily get used to

ºall the kind and warm wishes and the sympathy. Perhaps I will stretch this

ºout a bit :-). Thanks again.

º

ºLove

ºHarsha

 

I hope you'll be OK in less than a week - impaired functionality isn't funny and

difficult to get used to...

 

Love,

Jan

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Funny how when people talk about illusion, they always mention yucky stuff

like pain and suffering. It seems lots less popular to say that nice

things are illusion too, like "sunsets and warm puppies," nice music, a

lifelong love affair, a great meditation, and going to heaven.

 

Hey Harsha-ji, what does DHEA do?

 

Love,

 

--Greg

 

At 04:15 PM 12/8/00 +0000, jb wrote:

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>On 12/8/00 at 10:14 AM Harsha \(Dr. Harsh K. Luthar\) wrote:

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>[..]

>ºThank you Jan. I suspect my experience is nothing compared to yours with the

>ºsliding scooter and the resulting injuries and I wish you well and speedy

>ºhealing. Do you think taking DHEA would help you recover faster? There was a

>ºdiscussion on that a year or so ago.

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On 12/8/00 at 11:43 AM Gregory Goode wrote:

 

ºFunny how when people talk about illusion, they always mention yucky stuff

ºlike pain and suffering. It seems lots less popular to say that nice

ºthings are illusion too, like "sunsets and warm puppies," nice music, a

ºlifelong love affair, a great meditation, and going to heaven.

º

ºHey Harsha-ji, what does DHEA do?

º

ºLove,

º

º--Greg

 

 

An easy answer: avoiding/rejecting unpleasant experiences in childhood

automatically gives rise to emphasizing unpleasantness later on.

It lays the foundation for a bias - that many pleasant experiences can be nulled

by one single unpleasant experience...

The interpretation of pain does have a cultural color too..

 

Love,

Jan