Pain

As usual . . Fair warning. My writing is dangerous.







Ah . .

Feels good to be human. Anything and everything else is just a bonus. Just feels good being human.

I see my brothers and sisters and siblings suffering through all kinds of intense pains. Insecurities. Fears. Discomforts . . Physical, of the body; emotional, of connection to yourself and others; mental, of the mind . . identifying by their pain, proud, somehow . . Swearing by their pain. Is it because they've eaten too much factory farmed meat, that has become them? Is it because they have an insatiable gas bubble about as powerful as Saturn inside them, constantly fueled by carbonated beverages? Is it because their existence which should be freer form and wavy has been systemized, stiffened, stagnant, misled by powers above them, and never questioned?

I'm here to tell you . . Pain is a teacher. Your body and mind supplies you pain in your nervous system to alert you to an adjustment that has to be made. In other words, it arrived with reason, and will leave, just as reasonably. People more and more just aren't getting the memo. We're neurotic. Pain makes us worry, and doesn't seem to help us identify WHY the pain. Pain should not make you worry. Your body/mind gave/gives it to you for a reason. But since we do fret endlessly and worry when pain arrives, its teachings become muttled, and muted, in darkness. Or medicated, when that is not a long term solution, nor is it sustainable. "One more pill to kill the pain . . One more pill to kill the pain . ."

I'm not saying making the adjustment is easy. It could even turn into a lifelong pursuit of freeing yourself of its clutches, that may require daily-yes daily-procedure, to begin making much in the way of inroads.

My words in all likelihood won't cure anyone of anything. At best, they may inspire. At worst, add insult to injury. I don't wish to diminish anyone's pains. But I do wish to convince you that A) they can be overcome and B) pain does not have to be a constant in life. Maybe if I can convince you, you're naïve and that'll make one of us. Heh, heh.

Noble, somehow, are creatures that carry on in spite of what has amalgamated to the mystery of their pain. Somehow, carrying more weight than others and still persevering.

The adjustment (a deep stretch on a muscle; finally a relaxation of what you didn't realize was a fiery tightening at a spot in your body for years; an epiphany: a new understanding or idea about life through language that quite literally leaves you wide-eyed; an adjustment to diet/consumption, or lifestyle such as exercise; a questioning of a doctor's orders; etc) that can be made to end pain (insecurity, low self-esteem, nerve pain, bone aches, muscle spasms, social pain, loneliness, isolation, existential pain, organ decay or failure/partial failure, etc) may take DECADES to find. It's not like this s*** is easy. But I do believe it is available.

What is available? I'm not talking about pain-free living. That would be problematic. I've already explained, pain is a teacher, an alert, that you're doing something wrong and would benefit from an adjustment. I'm talking about life free from CONSTANT pain: pain that never lets up--that you just learn better and better to tolerate. Pain does not have to be a constant. But it should signal to you when you need to learn something, which ought to be, depending on your lifestyle, a daily occurrence.
Hmmm, seen another way, the /lifecycle/ of pain can be drastically reduced. Some people's pains ARE lifelong. That is a shame: it doesn't have to be. Nor must it be months or years. If so, you are failing to MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT. What IS the adjustment? That's for YOU to discover! Read books! Have lengthy conversations with others. Ask questions. Don't be STUBBORN, and stop pretending your reality is fixed and the only one being experienced. Life is relative. Your pain can be small, momentary, and adjusted in accordance with, as it evaporates, and onto the next one, better equipped to handle pains than before. My biggest advice to modern people. Learn to be in your body, again. You've lost touch, living only inside the eyes-region.

Blah blah blah. I'm bored at the library. :^). It intrigues me that some people still tune into these. And it makes me hopeful that the right people will read. Not that I have anything to offer the world as a brain. I am but, a eye!