DOCTOR OF GOLD

In order to reduce pain, in whatever form, we can try to elevate ourselves along with the pain in us, to the divine level.

But feeling connection with the divine should not lead to alienation from earthly pain. That would turn spirituality into an escape mechanism, or bypass, as it ignores the pain which continues to subconsciously make us do things that produce unhappiness in us and others.

The art here is to courageously and consciously search for the hidden sources of unhappiness, sources that often have a content of inner pain, and just stay with that pain. Let the pain expand, embrace it - and perhaps you’ll start feeling the energy of it.

Once our awareness accepts pain as energy, the energy itself takes over and turns into a healing force. The miracle mechanism is that pain energy, once experienced as such, becomes a natural doctor of gold.

More generally, this mechanism can be called homeostasis, the natural tendency to restore balance in dynamic situations. Our feeling of that homeostasis, here our natural healing process, creates a deep sense of gratitude, peace and happiness.

And the more we feel peace of mind, the more we get in contact with the divine. This shows that trying to reduce pain by elevating ourselves to the divine level is a wrong start. The order is not using the divine to arrive at relief, but using the pain to arrive at the divine.