Can Immersing into Suffering Actualize Peace
On first glance, who would want to drive a nail into his
hand to find peace? I’m not trying to engage in a cult of suffering to find
God. But I do think that the Buddhists have a handle on understanding the direct
route to peace through facing it dead on.
I’m going to be paraphrasing here, so if you’re Buddhist,
just bear with me. All humans have something called “the pain body.” Basically,
this is our human existence. The belief is that there is literally nothing to
be gained by fantasizing that the pain body will be something different than
its true nature. The pain body by definition is a living, breathing, feeling,
hurting, subject-to-pain body and mind that will only deteriorate and die
eventually. So, understanding that the pain body is not the end of existence
for your spirit is by definition the gateway to peace.
A great teacher taught his students that to rid themselves
of lust or painful relationships all they have to do is imagine that the person
they had feelings for was a pain body. See the body aging. Imagine that it is
older and older until it is empty of human life and breath. Then imagine that
it is placed in the ground to return to the earth. Think about how this person
you “think” you love or admire is now decayed and one again with Mother earth.
If you do such an exercise, you can easily see that the
“who” that you love is not the body. The “what” that you admire and lust after
may be the body, but the “who” has returned to spirit at the end. The “what” is
the pain body, subject to death and decay. The “who” is the spirit being.
It’s a pervasive theory when it dislodges from its cocoon.
You see what I have been discussing about finding the conscious observer self. This
now becomes the key to seeing and believing you are but a breath of ephemeral
time in this present human existence. If you know that you are captive in this
existence and subject to its earthly demands, then wouldn’t you be more
confident in moving forward to do the things you intend to do to make life here
a lesson of sorts? And even more importantly, help others with their lessons.
And yet, an even greater call, wouldn’t you help the world manifest what it
needs to drive toward the next step of spiritual existence—whatever that may
be?
Peace for me is dislodging from all that seems to have kept
me stuck in my humanness—envy, greed, lust, unresolved issues, bad
relationships—anything standing between me and perfect God. When I pass through
the storms of life, face every demon, feel my deepest pain, and realize there
is nothing left but God. It is my driving force that wakes me, breathes me, and
lives and moves my being.
Shine forth, Oh Child of God! It is your time to get rid of
all that no longer serves you and become the spirit presence in the world God
has intended you to be! Let your light shine upon men that they should see the
good that you do and give glory to God!
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Bo Sebastian is a Hypnotherapist and Life & Health
Coach, available for private sessions to QUIT SMOKING, Lose Weight, New
Lap-Band Hypnosis for Weight Loss, CHANGE YOUR MIND, CHANGE YOUR LIFE! at
615-400-2334 or www.bosebastian.com.
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