Patanjali gives a powerful idea and technique. To conquer the pain. Patanjali On Pain
15th sutra, 2nd chapter
Parinaama Tapa samskara dukhaihi guna vrutti virodhath cha dukham eva sarvam vivekinaha to the discriminating viveki,naha all is as it where is painful because everything brings pain either as consequence or of anticipation of laws of happiness or of fresh craving arising out of happiness and also because of gunas contradicting one another
Patanjali says everything is painful for an intelligent person. Why? If you have a painful especially, fear it will come again, so it is pain. Even if you have a pleasure especially, fear that you may lose it, or craving you may need it again & again creates pain. Apart from that, all these 3 gunas are constantly fighting. Patanjali almost gives you a powerful method of stopping your mind. He is not saying get depressed. No. All Patanjali is saying is stop the hope.
Be hopeless the only way to hope. Be hopeless that is the ultimate that can happen in you. Always all hopes lead u to hopelessness. Because by nature, hope leads you to hopelessness. No other way.
Everything brings pain – Vivekananda says as consequence or anticipation of loss of happiness. Pain is pain. Even if you have joy, fear of losing or craving to have it more & more it will bring pain. If you have pain, it is pain. If you have pleasure, either fear or craving is pain. If nothing happens also, these 3 gunas (attributes) sitting inside will be fighting with each other. That is also pain. Then what to do?.
Swamiji says: "the ultimate life is when you are just hopeless. Completely hopeless. Stay always in bottom, then nobody can push you!"
Do not cling to life because life is suffering. That is what Buddha means when he says life is suffering. The 1st step to start spiritual journey is be hopeless. Everything will create joy in you.
take complete responsibility to dissolve the pain
I N T R O D U C T I O N
Every time we experience pain, it leaves behind some residual feeling that remains stuck in the body. This accumulated pain creates a negative energy field around us,which we call the 'pain body '. The pain body not only stores, but also starts reproducing many different kinds of pains. Again and again, we share what we create.
.That's what I always tell people that if wealth is created out of a pain body, we transfer the pain body along with the wealth to the next generation. Wealth should be created just out of a relaxed and blissful mood. Then the wealth can be enjoyed by the person you pass it on topThe pain body constantly attracts the same kind of people and situations that make you feel hurt. By the very law of nature, you attract similar situations in your life. What you think, you create in your life as reality. So the more pain you harbor, the more pain you attract.
Goal :
Taking complete responsibility to dissolve pain
Assessment:
- v Ask questions related to the topic and questions about previous classes.
- v Who can tell me what the emergency call of the body is?
- v What is phantom pain?
- v How do we invite pain to our bodies?
- v What does 'bruised ego' mean?
- v Does our inner space feel pain? What can we do when we feel pain?
When we drop our ego and go beyond pain, we won't get 'hurt' , we will only learn, grow and expand. Conclusion:
Art of the day: Designs or Patterns
MATERIALS NEEDED: Paper, pencil, paint
PROCEDURE
---- Instruct the children to draw any design or pattern that crosses their mind. Encourage them to color the designs or patterns with nice poster colors.
Interpretation:
Pain follows a particular pattern, negative thoughts creates pain Their inner space can be expressed and revealed through the art that they create. Their inner thought flow really creates the patterns and designs that they exhibit.