Working with intense pain - Ram Dass

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" What I've learned from all this is what a delicate game it is to work with

intense pain. Like all the experiences of an incarnation, pain has to be

experienced fully by the Ego in order to be an effective learning

experience for the Soul, but plunging in like that locks you into the pain.

The only solution is to be on two planes at once: you have to enter the

pain fully, and yet be in the Soul level at the same time. That's fierce?

You feel the full intensity of the pain, and at the same time you transcend

it by being in the Witness state. Pain demands that you establish yourself

simultaneously in Ego and Soul. What an incredible teacher it is. "

 

Still Here by Ram Dass

 

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Also more extracts from above mentioned book, and extracts from:

" Journey of Awakening " by Ram Dass et al

" The miracle of mindfulness " by Thich Nhat Hahn

" Present moment, wonderful moment " and " Breathe! You are alive " by the same

author will be posted there.

Also quotes from a few Krishnamurti books.

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> " What I've learned from all this is what a delicate game it is to work

>with intense pain. Like all the experiences of an incarnation, pain has to

>be experienced fully by the Ego in order to be an effective learning

>experience for the Soul, but plunging in like that locks you into the

>pain. The only solution is to be on two planes at once: you have to enter

>the pain fully, and yet be in the Soul level at the same time. That's

>fierce? You feel the full intensity of the pain, and at the same time you

>transcend it by being in the Witness state. Pain demands that you

>establish yourself simultaneously in Ego and Soul. What an incredible

>teacher it is. "

>

>Still Here by Ram Dass