Suffering and Pain

One of the oldest questions ever asked is why is there pain and suffering? There are those who say there is no such thing as pain. There is a school of thought that says that pain does not really exist, that it is all in your mind, that if you experience pain, it is because you are weak or because you are psychologically not properly oriented or because you are not spiritual enough or whatever it might be that pain is an illusion. There are some, for example, who suggest to us that pain is something that should not occur if there is a God. And yet, physical pain and other types of pain are absolutely necessary if we are to survive in a physical way. Physical pain is a part of being fearfully and wonderfully made, it is that which protects us and enables us to survive in the environment in which we live.

Suffering, on the other hand, is mental, not physical. We might say that suffering is a thoughtful reaction to pain. If we touch a hot plate, instantly, we withdraw our hand. That is the physical reaction to pain. If we go immediately from there to questioning, there is no suffering. If we question how suffering came about then the pain has served its purpose. Even if the pain continues while the wound heals, we will not suffer, because our center of attention will shift on from the incident in the way indicated by one’s analysis. We suffer when we do ignore. We suffer when we feel helpless and out of control. It is not pain that makes us suffer, but our perception that the pain, and by extension our lives, are out of our control.

Suffering and pain exist because we want it to exist. There can be no pain, and there can be no suffering unless we want it to happen. It is part of testing your faith and what you are fighting for. The mind is the one who dictates what your body should feel. And to be able to get away from suffering and pain means that power over the mind should be very important. Men do not want to suffer, but sometimes every action has two results and sometimes they just don’t get what they want. Thus resulting to infliction of pain or protracted torment.

So next time someone says he is in pain, kick his ass biatch!!!