Pain

Why do we feel pain?

How do we define pain?

What makes us happy?

We cannot make others happy...we can only make them conscious of our current state. Consciousness is being aware of what you are feeling - pain, joy, happiness, sadness, its all good, if it creates a clearer state of consciousness.

When a man and a woman come together, feelings become more intense. And this intensity carries the relationship.

When a man and a woman separate, the feelings do not just go away. This persistence of the feelings is what we feel as the pain of separation. At the same time that we accept that the other person is no longer there, we know that we are still connected, in some way. We make promises to each other, and sometimes imply certain things. We infer. We plan. But when these promises and plans do not happen, we feel betrayed, lost, hurt, used...

Living in the NOW means being fully conscious of these feelings. What are promises, but the allure of tomorrow, coated in whatever 'need' we perceive we have? Why can we not accept that today we will simply be the best we can be? Why do we resist the outcome, when the outcome is already determined? Why form new friendships, when the old ones have not served our purpose? We cannot grow as individuals, or as a society, if we do not learn from our mistakes. Every human interaction is an emotional one. Once we accept that fact, we can learn to be fulfilled right NOW, and not put things off till later.

We cannot be blinded by the current expression of our reality. We create that reality through our thinking, and it can either build us up, or hold us back. Taking responsibility for our thoughts and actions gives us a measure of control over our feelings - what we say, what we do. Relinquishing control over our partners and friends frees us to do the things we need to do to fulfill our lives. True friendship become apparent when we allow our friends to be what they are, and not judge them according to what our expectations are. When we relinquish the old thinking, and allow our hearts to feel.

When the mind (ego) is no longer in control and we experience our own version of reality, we are truly free. Set the thinking free and the free reality must follow. When we stop chasing ghosts, when we allow ourselves to follow our dreams, we can fly. For without dreams, we die. Spirit will live, expression will follow.

Peace...Love...Joy