Attribution

Important note: All the posts on this blog were written by Bob Harwood (AKA 'zendancer') on the forum spiritualteachers.proboards.com. I have merely reposted a collection of them in blog format for the convenience of seekers. Some very small mods were made on occasion to make posts readable outside of the forum setting they were made in.

Pain and psychological suffering

(*lying in hopital bed experiencing agonizing uninterrupted pain*) "arrrreghowwww!" (*grinds teeth*) Da*m, da*m, da*m, da*m! (and other expletives)"

(*lying in bed trying to fall asleep while lover stomps around outside room slamming doors and expressing anger or frustration over some unmet expectation or idea that reality is unfair*) "arrrreeghowwww!" "da*m, da*m, da*m, da*m! (and other expletives)"
The situations are fully accepted as is, but the body feels pain in one case, and in the second case the body feels emotions that are not caused by thought. Please notice that some feelings arise as a result of thought, and some arise in the absence of thought. 

If we accidentally smash our finger with a hammer, there is "Owwwwww!" There may also be expletives expressing the pain verbally. Psychological suffering can be added to the situation if there are thoughts that it shouldn't have happened.