Pain: Punishment or Passageway
Pain walks into an Irish bar, bartender looks up and asks, "What 'cha doing 'ear, lad?" I think we can all agree that pain and illness leaves one stuck, ill at ease and unable to move forward in life. Yes. Hate to admit it, but I have experienced chronic neck pain for eight years. Not every day, but most days I have some level of pain in my neck area. And I have spent way too many nights in my darkened room, away from my family and checked out from life because of pain. I have used every pain relief technology I know of including, from steroid shots to reiki, supplements to a new mattress, a bed full of pillows laid out crucifix style, crying and needles, pills and traction devices, sappy movies and prayers (and I am not even religious!) After a recent trauma, I began realizing (with horror!) my natural pain relief methods were no longer working. It was as though my pain began to get too loud to operate in normal waking mode. The pain no longer asked, but instead, ...
