The way out of pain is into it
Our mind does not want to believe this….the way out of pain is into it. Resistance is futile and only makes pain worse. Dive in to it. Dive deeper than it. Know that always, Always, there is something mysterious, sublime, and beautiful that is deeper than the pain. It only reveals itself when we have the courage to completely surrender and let go. This substantial, holding, supportive, loving presence is the ground from which we can rest and bear our pain. Any pain. All pain.
The way into this presence is through jumping, and not knowing if there is ground beneath us or not.
We must jump, let go, and trust.
Over time and with practice we eventually get familiar with letting go and stepping into our fear of more or worse pain. We learn to trust that when we do lean into our pain, with gentleness and kindness, we find true support. Exactly the opposite of what our mind tells us, that we will find more pain and frightening emptiness.
Through true surrender we expose the fears of pain within our mind to be like phantoms. We find that true emptiness is neither empty nor frightening, yet full of sublime peace and profound power.
One moment we are standing teetering on the edge of a 1000 foot cliff and the next we realize the ground is only 1 foot below us. And it always is. Right here, right now.
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