Tag: pain

Living Fulfilled vs Freedom from Pain

Does being free from pain automatically mean that you are well, alive and thriving? We live in a society that is obsessed with getting rid of pain, but what meaningful benefit does that really deliver? Effective therapy needs to be a deep psychological healing process which supports us to heal our repressed pain from the […]

Beyond ‘me’

My pain is not Who I am. It’s just an experience I’m having. My joy is not Who I am. It’s just another experience I’m having. I prefer joy, but then who am I? In gratitude I may merge with the Infinite and still be me.  

Further Reflections on Pain and Suffering

Here’s more on the role of consciousness in the experience of pain and suffering. Dr Elisha Goldstein, in this illuminating extract from an interview on Psychotherapy Networker, describes Jon Kabat-Zinn’s groundbreaking discovery of using Mindfulness to relieve chronic pain. Click her to listen (duration: 1:42)

Reflections on Pain and Suffering

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85vK95xCyvg&w=560&h=315] Are pain and suffering the same thing? Do they go together? Here’s a helpful perspective…