If you run from your pain
It will find you
It is asking something of you
Some thing most probably beyond words
So its best to listen to pain
Pain often says
There is something you dismissed
Or ignored
Or did not fully understand
Or someway in which
You turned away
Don’t ignore me for too long
I have a reason for being here
And I need to be heard
And felt
And understood
Don’t run from me says pain
Please listen
So I’ve listened. And I know what it’s saying. But there’s nothing I can do about it. Isn’t it better to numb yourself then?
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Do what you have to do. I have had to sit with deep pain with no painkillers often and its been bloody hard. I just think some pain does dissolve when we really attend minfully but there are sutuations where that isnt possible. This was written in response to hearing about someone I know who runs a lot from her pain. I wouldnt say it to her but I often just write what comes into my conscioudness at that time. Its not meant to be instructive. I understand well the need to numb severe pain.
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Yeah I know it wasn’t instructive.. I was just musing out loud lol 🙂
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🙂
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