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Once there came a patient at my clinic complaining of severe body pains. When I asked him to be more specific about which part is paining, he told me that his each and every body part is aching and terribly painful. I had to then ask him to demonstrate pain in specific body parts by touching his body with his finger. And to my surprise, wherever he touched, he yelled with pain. Be it his stomach, his chest, his legs, his head or even his hands, he was seemingly cynical. As a doctor who had to offer treatment to the ailing patient, I had then decided to double check his condition and therefore repeated the entire process of identifying pain in his body. And to my utter dismay and also relief, wherever I touched and inquired, there was absolutely no pain. It was only then that I could realize that there is no pain in his body; rather pain is only in his finger. Wherever he touched the ailing finger, it pains. And this leaves him perplexed that his entire body is painful.
Do we have a Choice?
As in the case with this particular patient, are we not somehow treading the emotion of pain and suffering? We are surely exasperating and exaggerating our grievance. But what is wrong in this? If we feel pain, we have to scream. If we are hurt, we are sure to retaliate. If there is a bad memory, we would simply cry. If the world has been inflicting immorality, we tend to become sensitive. And so on and so forth. But the question remains – Are we born to Suffer?
The karma Connection
We are surely paying the debt. And the ‘debt’ is for sure not the giving of the world. This is ‘our’ own debt and we will have to pay. This would be experienced in any form as some worldly misgiving, some hurt, some betrayal, some physical injury, some mental trauma or some indigestible words of misfortune. Whatever that comes our way, we have to accept. Does this mean that we need to all the time be prepared that something wrong is going to happen with us? No. On the contrary, it has to be just the other way round. Prepare yourself with the mind-set that the best is in the making for you!
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Someone asked Sri Sri Ravi Shankar that how he could feel the state of real happiness. The answer was – “You will feel real happiness at the time when nobody else is the reason for your happiness and also nobody can take it away from you.”
The pain that you are forced upon today is inevitable. There is no rescue than to accept the pain.
Take the Blame
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Forgive to Forget
This young man could not recover the biggest loss of his life. He had lost his brand new SUV when someone else was driving rashly and had hit him unawares. Nothing in him would let him forgive the wrongdoer. Less did he realize that the offender was now part and parcel of his own entity. Sadly the young man went into long episodes of depression and finally landed into asylum where he met the wise one who could salvage the patient only by the simple perception of making him to take the blame.
God does not want you to Suffer
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Always remember, you are not born to suffer. But you are born so that you can gain all the strength that the cycles of karma demands so as to be neutralized by your worthy deeds and positive emotion.
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About the Author:
Dr Sonica Krishan is Holistic Healing Coach, Author and Speaker in the areas of Healthy and Joyous Living through Ayurveda, Yoga, Meditation and other Contemplative practices. She is a leading Ayurveda Professional in India. She is also Health Writer, Columnist, Editor, Ayurveda Consultant and Holistic Healing Coach. Dr Sonica is open for National as well as International Collaborations with interested people / institutions in fields of Ayurveda, Meditation and Yoga.
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