How different is when it hurts than when suffering, in the mental process, on the body responses, the stress and manage of the feelings…
One of the things I found living my fear of «abandonment» topic in a conscious way is that I don’t want run away from that feeling of fear, even is like I want to go deeper and investigate about that… and find the answers to make something different. Even using this pain.
I didn’t remember the exactly words but I heard Thomas saying something about that some months ago, something as …
«One of the differences between pain and suffer is about consciousness. When you became aware about the topics that make you suffer, the pain may follow, but the suffering goes. This gives you another quality, because being conscious, you can see where the pain comes from, understand and decide if you want to add a solution to do something different » Thomas Hertlein.
I have now some advises based on practice that could give me support to confront with my fears based on Thomas teachings and my practice and this is great. The awareness go through connect with oneself.
Are you ready to «face to your demons»?
* (Post based on personal experiences connected with the teachings and philosophy of the mentor Thomas Hertlein).