To know that you are in pain is a state of grace: there is a huge movement of people who have recognized a legacy of pain in their bodies and psyches and who are moving to process it. As I feel into my own deep wounding, some of it personal, some of it transpersonal, one of the ways I stay out of a victim mentality is to remember that at least I have the blessing of feeling. Ive worked with so many people who are straight up numb. They dont even know that they are suffering, only that something doesnt feel right. The awareness of pain is a calling for integration, and integration is the ladder out of the hole, and even knowing that ladder is there is a state of grace. You are aware of what is possible. I feel empowered in having the strength of being able to feel the deep pain of human trauma, disconnection and disempowerment. Some might call it an illusion. I feel it is only an illusion that it ultimately has more power than you, or that there is no choice to release it. The pain, however, is real. As real as the power of your body and soul to feel it completely, and release it from the stranglehold it has taken in the psyche. I am grateful for the ability to feel the pain, for it means that I have the strength to feel period. And the ability to feel for me is directly related to the ability to live. And the ability to live is the greatest gift of all.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 16:14:39 +0000
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