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But again I say, what if? Let us be bold for just a moment longer and take this experiment one step further. Think of a past pain. It can be as large as you like. A severe burn. A broken arm or leg. Some disease that afflicted you. The death of a close one. Anything at all. Pick something that still hurts. Something that is still deep and painful. The betrayal by him/her whom you loved/trusted the most in all the world. The Holocaust. Viet Nam. Pick this old-new pain and feel it now. What is that pain? What exactly is it? What does it feel like? What is pain? Can you describe it to yourself? If you were to jab yourself with a pin just now, what would you feel? Your senses would relay a message to your brain through the wonderful electrical and chemical mechanics of your nervous system; these messages you would interpret to say, "Ouch!" And everybody knows exactly how that feels -- we have all had such experiences, we all have had such shared perceptions. But what is pain? What exactly is it? If you wish to be free from suffering permanently, this warrants investigation. There is another way to view the world, based neither on intellectual enquiry nor belief but on direct experience. If you were happy before the pinprick -- if you just received a long-desired promotion or just discovered an ideal girlfriend or boyfriend, or just received an "A" in a difficult class -- you will still feel the pin, but the pain will seem much less important. If, on the other hand, you just got fired, broke up with your fiancée, flunked algebra, the jab from the pin will feel much worse. You might wonder in response to the prick why God created such a miserable world. You might curse your fate. You might kick your dog or slam your dinner down on the table or just scream your anger and frustration to the uncaring world. Suppose you are running a foot-race, say a ten kilometer race, for which you have trained for a long time. You are about to win when another competitor comes up from behind you and trips you; you fall down together and both lose. How will you feel about this? If you are like most of us, you will probably be extremely angry. But suppose he did not trip you intentionally but was at the time suffering a severe myocardial infarction -- he was having a massive heart attack. What happens to your anger now? Is it not replaced by pity or sadness for the poor unfortunate fellow? The same event has now been interpreted completely differently, with vastly different effects on your moods and feelings. Now suppose you learn he had the heart attack because he had been taking illegal drugs so he could win the race. Once again, your feelings transform, spiralling again into anger, with a strong touch of judgment and condemnation thrown in to salt the feeling. "He deserved to die!" you think, happy for his demise. Or perhaps you still feel some pity for him, thinking it sad that he wanted to win so badly. And you offer this to yourself as proof that moral behavior is rewarded. But next you discover that he was a foreign national and his wife, parents and children were being held prisoner by the dictator of his country; further this dictator had told him that if he won the race, his family would be freed, but if he lost, they would be executed slowly and painfully. Now what happens to your feelings? Where did the anger go? Maybe it transfers to anger toward the dictator or toward politics or toward God for making such a senseless, cruel world. But what of your anger for the poor dead athlete? Who could condemn him now? Our interpretation of reality is everything... (continued next issue)
www.awakeningpath.com The life of every person is sacred. The revelation of that sacredness is often revealed by a person's contribution to humanity. In many cases, that contribution is only revealed after death. Maharishi Sadashiva Isham (MSI) was such an individual. MSI's life was punctuated by the desire to know. His search was not for knowledge but for Truth. Truth was most important to him and he shared that Truth in total commitment to healing the world. The message of his life -- that perfection on Earth is not only possible but imminent -- is gathering momentum and manifesting in the rapid growth of consciousness seen in all who practice the simple techniques of the Ishayas.
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