Often, fear manifests itself as pain. The
most frightening thing in the world is pain.
All living beings are afraid of one thing,
and that is pain. If you look deeply, you will
find that people don’t fear even death as much
as they fear the pain and agony they will
undergo at the time of death! Many are afraid
of poverty, many of relationships, and many
others fear disease. The root cause of all these
fears is the pain that happens while going
through these things. All these fears are
because of the fear of pain.
What is Pain?
Pain can be physical, mental or emotional.
Physical pain is a basic necessity for the
body. Just imagine, if we could feel no pain
in our body we might accidentally hurt
ourselves or start styling our faces, hands, and
legs the way we style our hair today! Actually,
pain is a letter of request, written by the body
to the mind, saying, ‘Please pay attention to
me!’ because attention is energy. When
attention is given to a particular area, that attention becomes energy for that area. When
the body communicates pain, it is actually
asking for attention or energy, which will help
it heal.
Mental or emotional pain is the
psychological feeling that arises when you are
faced with something you don’t like. Research
shows that emotional pain can deeply disturb
the physical body. For example, the
psychological feelings that arise with sexual
repression can result in lower back disorders,
or the pain of shouldering too much
responsibility can cause pain in the shoulders.
Whether physical or emotional pain, an
important thing you need to understand is that
pain is always born from resistance to the
present moment.